Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (Photo: nationmultimedia.com)Bangkok (VNA) – Thai police on September 5 publicised evidence that showedformer Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had left the country.
The policecollected footage of about 10 vehicles passing by the former PM’s house onAugust 23 and 24, saying that she could have used one of the vehicles toescape. Those vehicles were detained for further investigation.
SrivaraRansibrahmanakul, Deputy Chief of the Thai Royal Police, said Thai authorities wouldproceed with revoking her passport only after the Supreme Court rules on hercase.
The police alsoasked authorities of 190 countries to provide support in tracing the formerThai PM. To date, the governments of Cambodia, Singapore and the United ArabEmirates (UAE) have affirmed that there was no proof that Yingluck has enteredthose countries. Meanwhile, Thai border police has no evidence of her crossingthe border.
Yingluck failedto appear for her verdict on August 25, prompting the Supreme Court to issue anarrest warrant. The next court hearing is scheduled to take place on September27.
In May 2014, theformer PM was accused of abusing power as her dereliction of the rice subsidyscheme supervision led to severe losses to the country. If found guilty, she isliable to a jail term of 10 years and faces the seizure of assets worth 35billion THB (nearly 1 billion USD) over the losses.
The rice schemewas a flagship policy of Yingluck’s election campaign with the Pheu Thai party,which helped her win the 2011 general election. The scheme offered to buy ricefrom farmers at a double of market price then keep in store housesnationwide.-VNA
