His Majesty the King has recalled the royal decorations bestowed on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, effective on Friday.
The announcement was published in the Royal Gazette yesterday.
"Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced by a final ruling of the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions to imprisonment and is facing several other charges but he fled the kingdom, an act highly inappropriate," read the announcement.
Thaksin was stripped of his police lieutenant colonel rank in September 2015. The board of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School alumni also on Wednesday decided to withdraw his alumnus achievement awards.
On Oct 21, 2008, the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions sentenced Thaksin to two years in jail, convicting him of violating the National Counter Corruption Act.
He was charged with abusing his authority when he gave consent to his then-wife Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra to participate in the auction for 33 rai of land on Thiam Ruam Mit Road in the Ratchadaphisek area.
