Thailand has asked the United Kingdom to extradite former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, overthrown in a coup in 2014 and sentenced in absentia to five years’ jail for negligence, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on July 31.
Thailand has revoked the passports of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has yet to publicly emerge since she slipped out of the country two month ago.
Thai police announced on October 3 that fugitive former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the United Kingdom.
Thailand’s Supreme Court on September 27 imposed a five-year imprisonment on former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over charges of negligence in a rice subsidy scheme.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced on August 28 that the government will revoke passports of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a fugitive after fleeing judgment in her rice scheme trial.
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra declared her innocence on August 1 at the Supreme Court over allegations of mishandling a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme.
Thailand’s Supreme Court has set August 25 as the date for a verdict in the trial of former Prime Minister (PM) Yingluck Shinawatra, who is accused of wasting billions of US dollar on a controversial rice-pledging scheme.
Thailand’s authorities on May 24 ruled out the possibility of southern insurgency group’s involvement in a bombing attack at the Phra Mongkutklao military hospital in Bangkok.
Thailand’s Minister of Justice on December 16 arraigned 19 leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), or the red-shirts, for violating the government’s ban on political gatherings.
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra attended a court hearing on August 5 over a rice subsidy scheme during her administration, which allegedly incurred losses of billions of USD.
Thailand’s military officers said on August 1 that the government of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s rice subsidy scheme cost the state more than 8 billion USD.
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be at the Supreme Court on January 15 for the first hearing in her rice-pledging scheme trial, her lawyer said on January 14.
Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party, or the red shirts, issued a statement on October 22 defending former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for the controversial rice pledging scheme that cost the nation bill
Thai former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and some former Cabinet members will have to pay 510 billion THB (14.3 billion USD) in compensation for the losses incurred by the rice subsidy scheme.
Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on August 31 appeared before the Supreme Court, where she is being tried for mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme that cost the country billions of US dollars.