Thaksin Shinawatra, who is receiving medical treatment at the Police General Hospital, can receive visits from blood relatives from August 28, said Bangkok Remand Prison chief Nastee Thongplad on Thursday.

No one can visit Thaksin during his first five days in the hospital, Nastee added.

The former prime minister, who was serving his first day of incarceration at the Bangkok Remand Prison, was transferred to the Corrections Hospital and then to the Police General Hospital in the middle of the night of August 23.

Nastee said that, so far, ten people have registered to visit Thaksin on that day, but he refused to disclose the names.

The prison authorities will be responsible for approving the visits, he said, adding Thaksin is not being transferred to a private hospital, as widely speculated.