Thaksin Shinawatra went into exile in Cambodia to avoid a prison sentence for corruption.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

The former prime minster is wanted in Thailand after fleeing a year ago to avoid a two-year jail sentence for corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

He says the state government will go to a higher court to get a tougher sentence and secure justice for the victims.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

But his mother's claim that he is a 16-year-old juvenile could pose a problem for prosecutors seeking the maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

The judge said he had considered defense arguments for a lesser sentence because Selebi is 60 years old and it was his first offense.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

However,lawyers point out that this was the maximum sentence the local court could have handed out for the offense for which the men were tried.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Libya has maintained that it was not responsible for the downing of Pan Am flight 103 and Megrahi, who was serving a life sentence, has maintained his innocence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

The only one present to hear the sentence was Melaku Tefera, an organizer for the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, whose founder Birtukan Mideksa is serving a life term in connection with the 2005 violence.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

She was ordered to remain under house arrest for another one and a half years - a sentence that human rights groups and foreign governments say was aimed at preventing her from participating in next year's elections.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14