Arrest warrant issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra over court no show, trial delayed to 27 September

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Arrest warrant issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra over court no show, trial delayed to 27 September

 

 

BBC News reports that an arrest warrant has been issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to turn up at court on Friday.

 

The trial has now been delayed until 27 September.

 

Developing story - more info soon.

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-08-25

 

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Yingluck trial: Thai ex-PM fails to show for verdict

 

Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has failed to show up for the verdict in her trial over a controversial rice subsidy scheme.

 

The supreme court has delayed the verdict to 27 September and has issued an arrest warrant.

 

Ms Shinawatra, who is on trial for negligence, has denied wrongdoing in the scheme which cost billions of dollars.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41033433

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2017-08-25

[hansnl]

4 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

Wow that was quick.  Presumably they will be able to arrest her quickly given they have been following her around for the past 3 years.

 

Funny they could never issue an arrest warant with anh urgency for Red Bull guy.

Presumably she now will join her brother?

[worgeordie]

Hope she has not done a runner,maybe tending the mushrooms and forgot she had an appointment.

regards worgeordie

[choff56]

Bringing global attention to the Thai repressive military junta and a very corrupt justice system. Good move Yingluck, you appear to have Prayuth in check.

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Thailand's court sets new date for Yingluck verdict, to seek arrest warrant

 

FILE PHOTO: Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok,Thailand, July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Supreme Court on Friday said it would seek permission for an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to show up to hear the court's verdict in a negligence case against her.

 

The court set a new date of Sept. 27 for the verdict. The court said Yingluck, who had pleaded not guilty in the case focused on a rice subsidy scheme for farmers, had told the court she could not attend due as she was suffering from an ear problem.

 

"We don't think that the defendant is ill. We think that the defendant is hiding or has fled ... We have pushed back the verdict date to September 27," a statement from a Supreme Court judge said. "She asked for sick leave not to show up today."

 

A spokeswoman for Yingluck, who was ousted by a military coup in 2014, declined to comment.

(Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Panarat Thepgumpnat; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-08-25

[khunOo]

Another Shinawatra in Dubai!

Luang Por Dammajayo, Red Bull guy etc

How easy is to leave Thailand when some has money and connections!

 

[darksidedog]

3 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

Wow that was quick.  Presumably they will be able to arrest her quickly given they have been following her around for the past 3 years.

 

Funny they could never issue an arrest warant with anh urgency for Red Bull guy.

I suspect they won't be arresting her, as she has quite possibly followed in Red Bull "Boss" footsteps and gone already. If so Prayut will be apoplectic. On a political charge like this, no country would extradite her.

 

[Luckysilk]

You really can't make this stuff up.

 

Run baby run.......

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9:45 am: 

Nation TV reports the Supreme Court issues an arrest warrant against Yingluck.

 

The court postponed the verdict reading to September 27. Her lawyers told the court at 9:37 am that Yingluck is  not well with the Ménière disease or disorder of the inner ear so she cannot come to the court. But the court does not believe the claim as it is not backed by a medical certificate. The court ordered the seizure of the bail guarantee of Bt30 million.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30324837

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-25

 

 

[colinneil]

What a bunch of clowns, arrest warrant issued.

Only serving to make a martyr out of her.

Trying to cause unrest, so they have another excuse to delay election.

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COURT ORDERS ARREST OF NO-SHOW YINGLUCK

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter

 

  

Supporters Friday morning outside the Supreme Court building in north Bangkok.

 

BANGKOK — Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra became a fugitive of the law Friday when she failed to appear to hear the verdict in her malfeasance trial.

 

While thousands of her supporters gathered outside the Supreme Court, Yingluck did not appear as expected and later requested the reading of the verdict be postponed until Sept. 27, citing health reasons. Just after 9:30am, the court denied her request as groundless and issued an arrest warrant for the former leader.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/courts/2017/08/25/court-orders-arrest-no-show-yingluck/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 

[steven100]

Arrest her before she meets her brother somewhere on a deserted island.

You couldn't make this stuff up ...... 

 

Amazing Thailand .....    we love you    !!!!!!!!!!!!

[kotsak]

Time to post (again) my favourite tune which sums up this country nicely..

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2017 by kotsak

[Thaiwrath]

Can't see her being asked to pop in for a chat, if she has the time to spare ! 

[Jip99]

Fugitive of the law !   

 

 

Something of a family trait.

 

 

No bottle the Shinawatras.

[NanLaew]

10 minutes ago, robblok said:

Your right about the red bull guy, but seems YL got some traits of her brother still. 

 

If she does do a runner its either an egg on the face of the junta or they deliberately let her go. Like you said she was watched a lot. 

He had Ménière's too?

[LannaGuy]

She's smart and playing this exactly the right way on the way to martyrdom. Thinking long term and setting out the future. Your move Junta.

[impulse]

11 minutes ago, robblok said:

Your right about the red bull guy, but seems YL got some traits of her brother still. 

 

If she does do a runner its either an egg on the face of the junta or they deliberately let her go. Like you said she was watched a lot. 

 

If they were smart, they sent a limo to take her to the airport and had a private jet fueled up and ready to go wherever she wanted.

 

There's a hundred ways today could have gone tragically bad.

 

[Somtamnication]

Maybe she moved in with the Red Bull heir. 

[KhunBENQ]

Does someone really believe that the agencies don't know where is she is to the point?

Does someone really believe that she could do a runner?

[zaphod reborn]

Look in Dubai.  She's gone.  It doesn't take much to get past immigration: Red Bull heir, fugitive monk, dozens of red-shirt leaders, the real Erawan Shrine bombers, hundreds of Uyghurs being trafficked to Turkey-Syria, the list goes on.  Thailand's borders remain a sieve due to corruption.  So much for the "good guys in, bad guys out" false slogan.

[bristolgeoff]

i can imagine that was a plan all along.A arrest warrant may be to late now.she could have fled the coup allready.with the dogey medical reason.does not look good for her time in goal and conviction.her brother is waiting for her flight arrival very soon

[KhunBENQ]

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

If they were smart, they sent a limo to take her to the airport and had a private jet fueled up and ready to go wherever she wanted.

 

There's a hundred ways today could have gone tragically bad.

 

Fully agree.

They would be so happy if she did the runner (with them looking aside ).

[JonnyF]

Lead story on the BBC website. For a society that places so much value on face, they really do have a knack for washing their dirty laundry in public.

 

The Junta hounding after the incredibly popular, democratically elected PM that they removed via yet another coup. Whatever you think of Yingluck, it's not a positive image for Thailand.

[DLang]

12 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

Fugitive of the law !   

What law?

 

Thai law?

 

 

 

[seajae]

3 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

She's smart and playing this exactly the right way on the way to martyrdom. Thinking long term and setting out the future. Your move Junta.

smart?, she is showing just how little she cares for Thailand like her brother, she like him thinks she is above the law and can do as she pleases. This has been her plan all along, she told her supporters not to show up today because she knew she would not be there, she will only be a martyr to those that lack the intelligence to be able to think for themselves like all her supporters do. The only people that like her are those that want to get into her pants and those that want money for nothing which is all the ptp/reds and her apologists.

[Moti24]

Pathetic!  The trial has finished!  The verdict could have been read in her absence, thereby avoiding thousands of people travelling to Bangkok on September the 27th.  The authorities here certainly don't understand how to make things easier for themselves.

 

I'll have to cancel the hotel room for tonight now she's done a runner.  If she turns-up on September the 27th, she can book her own room.

[robblok]

10 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

She's smart and playing this exactly the right way on the way to martyrdom. Thinking long term and setting out the future. Your move Junta.

She is not a martyr now.. she is doing a runner.. different story.. she did not dare to face the courts knowing she was indeed guilty.

[Jip99]

1 minute ago, DLang said:

What law?

 

Thai law?

 

 

 

 

 

That is indeed the prevailing law......... well done.