Thailand Revokes Passports Of Exiled Former PM Yingluck
Umer Jamshaid Published October 31, 2017 | 09:25 AM
Thailand revokes passports of exiled former Thailand has revoked the passports of ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra, who has yet to publicly emerge since she slipped out of the country two months ago ahead of judgement day in her negligence trial, officials said TuesdayPM Yingluck
Bangkok, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Oct, 2017 ) :Thailand has revoked the passports of ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra, who has yet to publicly emerge since she slipped out of the country two months ago ahead of judgement day in her negligence trial, officials said Tuesday.
The former prime minister, whose elected government was toppled in a 2014 coup, was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia last month for failing to stop graft in a rice policy. The verdict, which closed the curtain on her political career, was lambasted by Yingluck's supporters as a junta-backed effort to boot her out of Thai politics for good.
"All of Yingluck's passports have been revoked now," Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai told reporters in Bangkok on Tuesday. "We don't know of her whereabouts, only reports that she is in United Kingdom but not exactly which city," he added.
Yingluck had four Thai passports -- two personal and two diplomatic, authorities said. Thailand's deputy police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said authorities are still working to confirm the former premier's location as they seek her extradition.
"But no country has replied and said they have seen Ms Yingluck," he said. Yingluck, whose once-active social media accounts have gone silent since she fled, is only the latest from her powerful political family to fall victim to Thailand's coup-prone military and courts.
The Shinawatras are wildly popular in Thailand's rural heartlands, where voters have helped them dominate elections for the past decade. But they are loathed by Bangkok's traditional army-allied elite, who have branded them as corrupt opportunists and repeatedly cut down their governments with coups, court rulings and protests.
Yingluck's elder brother Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, has been living in self-exile for years to avoid a graft conviction. The ruling junta has vowed to hold elections in November 2018, though previous dates have been postponed.
Even if polls are held, they will not restore the same level of democracy the kingdom enjoyed before the coup. Under the junta's new charter elected politicians will be straightjacketed by an appointed Upper House and requirements to stick to a 20-year master plan.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
FBR conducts crackdown against illegal cigarettes sellers in Haripur and Havelia ..
Man arrested for fake dacoity call
Israel says its forces kill 10 fighters in West Bank raid
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb conveys condolences ..
Ivanka Trump flaunts Desert escapade amid father’s legal wows
Iranian Ambassador discusses details of President’s visit with Mohsin Naqvi
Finance minister optimistic about larger bailout program from IMF
Pakistan strongly reacts to US sanctions over commercial entities’ alleged lin ..
Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim takes oath as PHC Chief Justice
Mohammad Rizwan likely to be made vice-captain of T20I team
Realme C53 Price Slash: High-Tech Meets High Style at New Low Price!
CPEC has given new boost to economic, cultural relations b/w Pakistan, China: PM
More Stories From World
-
Israel says its forces kill 10 fighters in West Bank raid
13 minutes ago -
Beale returns for victorious Force against Crusaders
28 minutes ago -
Ivanka Trump flaunts Desert escapade amid father’s legal wows
37 minutes ago -
Blast at Iraq army base kills one, wounds others
1 hour ago -
Chinese swimmers failed doping tests ahead of Tokyo Olympics: NY Times
1 hour ago -
Sweden's Duplantis betters own pole vault world record
1 hour ago
-
Chinese company releases world's highest thermal efficiency diesel engine in Tianjin
1 hour ago -
UK rules out youth mobility deal with EU
2 hours ago -
Iran, Israel appear to pull back from brink as Gaza bombed again
2 hours ago -
AI a 'fundamental change in the news ecosystem': expert
2 hours ago -
Civilians killed as Ukraine, Russia trade strikes
2 hours ago -
China says AUKUS risks nuclear proliferation in Pacific
2 hours ago