@etherealharmony

Once the not guilty verdict was announced, Pheu Thongtan stabilized, and Hun Sen panicked. The Thai court ruled Thaksin not guilty, and the timing was just right: only a week left before the parliamentary vote on the 29th, perfectly paving the way for Pheu Thongtan. A line in the verdict stating 'insufficient evidence' was actually a way for the military and royalists to save face—if the former prime minister were truly nailed down, the Red Shirt protesters would burn tires again, and the economic figures would be grim, which benefits no one. The calculation in Bangkok is: let the daughter take the stage, while the

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