Thailand’s ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released from prison on parole on Sunday. The 74-year-old, perhaps Thailand’s best-known politician, was serving jail time for corruption. Thai media published images of the politician, who returned from exile six months ago, being picked up in a car from the police hospital and returning to his home for the first time in more than a decade. He fulfils the parole criteria as he is over 70 years old, suffers from a serious illness and has served at least six months of his one-year prison sentence, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported, citing Ju…