Former Thai PM Thaksin returns home after parole release

Thailand's convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday morning. He left a hospital where he spent the entirety of his imprisonment and immedaitely drove to his home. Thaksin was originally sentenced to 8 years upon his return to Thauland after 15 years in self-exile, but it was later commuted to just one.