Painful memories
"Yingluck #Shinawatra, made #ricepledging an #electoral #policy flagship.. promised #farmers govt wld make #rice prices 50% above #market prices. #NACC were alarmed.. certain such a policy wld lead to massive #corruption & econ disaster.. NACC voiced its concerns immediately & after Yingluck became PM.. warning was ignored.. By 1st harvest 2012, signs of corruption were palpable.. govt did nothing.. #Yingluck.. chose to trust e creator of #recklessscheme"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3037130/painful-rice-pledging-memories

ex- Thai PM #Yingluck Shinawatra, is ordered to pay $305 million as a fine over the rice pledging scheme that caused the coup d'etat ending her reign. She is in voluntary exile at present. The Shinawatra clan is rich beyond the dreams of avarice. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-ex-pm-yingluck-ordered-pay-305-million-damages-over-rice-scheme-2025-05-22/

Absence far too much
" #Thaksin when PM, took his #parliament duties a bit too lightly, hardly attending sessions, which gave his admin a reputation as a "majority #dictatorship". #Yingluck followed in his footsteps in 2011. Former PMs Chuan Leekpai, Abhisit Vejjajiva & Samak Sundaravej often answered parliamentary qns. Their presence solidified the institution. Paetongtarn & #PheuThai claim to champion #democracy. Her absence fr parliament is #disrespectful to democracy"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2924017/absence-far-too-much

#Thailand PM #Prayut, who led the coup against #Yingluck Shinawatra 9 years ago, is retiring from politics. His party came in 5th in the May elections. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/thai-pm-retire-politics-nine-years-power-coup-prayuth-chan-ocha

#Serbia (of all places) grants citizenship to #Thailand's fugitive desposed PM #Yingluck Shinawatra https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-08-08/serbia-grants-citizenship-to-thailands-fugitive-ex-pm

#Shinawatra derangement syndrome: #Thailand authorities ordered to determine the location of deposed last elected PM #Yingluck Shinawatra (easy) and bring her home to face punishment for alleged crimes (difficult). #UK rebuffed Thai inquiries http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30335517

#Shinawatra derangement syndrome: #Thailand authorities ordered to determine the location of deposed last elected PM #Yingluck Shinawatra (easy) and bring her home to face punishment for alleged crimes (difficult). #UK rebuffed Thai inquiries http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30335517

#Thailand says that #Interpol has agreed to issue a Blue Notice on deposed & fugitive PM #Yingluck Shinawatra, rumoured to have been granted political asylum by #UK https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1340847/interpol-agrees-to-issue-yingluck-blue-notice

#Thailand's Attorney General preparing a request to extradite deposed PM #Yingluck from the #UK http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30328576 Probably zero chance UK would accede to the request

#Thailand's deposed and fugitive PM #Yingluck reported seeking #asylum in #UK http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/28/asia/yingluck-shinawatra-asylum/index.html Not clear asylum is necessary, since mismanagement, of which she was convicted, is not a crime in the UK

The persecution of deposed PM #Yingluck Shinawatra exposes the deep #misogyny in #Thailand's culture https://thediplomat.com/2017/09/what-yinglucks-fate-says-about-sexism-in-thailand/

#Thailand #Junta under fire from its #rightwing allies for permitting highly monitored ex PM #Yingluck to escape http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30325047 Officials suspected of complicity

#Thailand's desposed #PM #Yingluck flees to Dubai, perhaps en route to #UK; speculation of regime help in her escape https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-politics-yingluck-idUSKCN1B603U She will need political asylum to avoid extradition wherever she ends up

There is a view here in #Thailand that the regime encouraged deposed PM #Yingluck to flee the country, and then expressed outrage when she apparently did so. Thus an exercise in political theatre

#Thailand's deposed PM #Yingluck Shinawatra is reliably believed to have fled the country, a move that relieves the Junta of a dilemma