Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra

Bangkok: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was currently in London and seeking political asylum in the UK, an informed source from her Pheu Thai Party has confirmed. Thailand’s Supreme Court convicted Yingluck on Wednesday of dereliction of duty over a controversial rice subsidy programme and sentenced her to five years in prison. The scheme […]

Beleaguered premier Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday appealed to people to vote in Sunday's snap polls to determine Thailand's future as the army said it would deploy more troops to foil efforts by anti-government protesters to derail the disputed election

Thailand's embattled government will deploy 2,00,000 police nationwide for the disputed snap polls on Sunday to foil protesters' efforts to disrupt the election as they threatened to "completely shutdown" the capital on voting day in their bid to topple premier Yingluck Shinawatra

Thailand's beleaguered government on Monday issued an ultimatum to opposition activists to halt their siege of ministries within 72 hours or face arrest, but defiant protesters said they would keep up their campaign to oust premier Yingluck Shinawatra

The embattled Thai government on Wednesday launched a crackdown against the opposition seeking to dissolve the Democrat Party as 19 top protest leaders faced arrest for violating an emergency decree during disputed snap polls, further deepening the long-running political crisis

Thailand voted on Sunday under heavy security in violence-plagued snap elections amid boycott calls from the opposition, which forced cancellation of polls in 45 constituencies across the politically polarised country