The Supreme Court’s Political Office Holders Division on Tuesday sentenced Surapong Tohvichakchaikul, a former foreign minister, to two years in jail for malfeasance and dereliction of duty by reissuing passports for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra in 2011.

His Majesty the King on Friday sent a gift of royal soil and wreath for the funeral of late Surin Pitsuwan, former foreign minister and secretary general of Asean as international community recognised and remembered his achievement for Thailand and the region.