Bangkok, Sept. 9 -- Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to serve one year in jail, local media reported.

The ruling relates to a previous conviction where he was sentenced to prison for corruption and abuse of power but did not go to jail and was moved to a police hospital.

The country's Supreme Court today ruled that the hospital stay of the 76-year-old premier, from August 2023 to February 2024, after he returned to Thailand following 15 years of self-imposed exile, was not lawful and cannot be counted as time served, according to the Bangkok Post.

Shortly after the ruling was announced, Thaksin posted on his social media account, stating that he accepted the court verdict, the Thai ne...