BANGKOK: Thailand’s Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison on Wednesday for mismanaging a...
BANGKOK: Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected a draft constitution sponsored by the generals who toppled her government two years ago, and would vote against it in an Aug. 7 referendum.
BANGKOK: Ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared at a Bangkok court on Tuesday for the start of her trial on negligence charges over a multi-billion dollar rice scheme that anti-corruption authorities alleged was plagued with graft.
BANGKOK: Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday started impeachment proceedings against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over a loss-making rice subsidy programme, seen as a further step to try to end the political influence of her powerful family.