Influential former prime minister released on parole after spending about eight months behind bars. Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released from a prison in Bangkok after spending eight months of a one-year sentence there over a corruption-related charge. Hundreds of people, including the 76-year-old billionaire’s family and political allies, greeted him on Monday, chanting, “We love Thakisn” as he left the Klong Prem Central Prison. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Cambodians struggle with displaced lives amid tense ceasefire with Thailand list 2 of 4 Southeast Asia’s leaders confront fallout from Iran war at ASEAN summit list 3 of 4 Thai temples launch rockets in friendly festival rivalry list 4 of 4 Tracking the shadow fleet: How Iran evaded the US naval blockade in Hormuz end of list Thaksin remade ⁠and dominated Thai politics for a quarter-century, but his influence has waned of late following his jailing and his once formidable Pheu Thai Party’s worst…