Turbulent ThailandFormer prime minister granted parole, will serve remainder of sentence at homeFormer Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right, is released from Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on May 11. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHATBANGKOK -- Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released from prison on Monday after being granted parole last month and will serve the remaining months of his one-year sentence at home.