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Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Ordered To Pay $305 Million In Damages Over Rice Scheme
Mrs. Yingluck, one of four members of the billionaire Shinawatra family to have served as prime minister, has been living overseas to avoid jail for failing to prevent corruption in the rice scheme.
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Thailand's Fugitive Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra Granted Serbian Citizenship
Serbian media reported Thursday that the country has granted citizenship to Thailand's fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra, who was ousted ahead of the 2014 coup and later fled to avoid a jail term.
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Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra: From First Female Prime Minister To Fugitive
Thailand's first female premier Yingluck Shinawatra followed her brother to the apex of the kingdom's political scene and will now depart it in a similar fashion: condemned to self-exile after a court handed her a five-year sentence in absentia
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Thailand's Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra Flees To Dubai: Party Members
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison.
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Thailand's Referendum: What You Need To Know
Thais are voting for the first time since the army grabbed power in 2014, in a referendum on a new military-drafted constitution.
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Ousted Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Defends Rice Subsidy At Criminal Trial
Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her management of a rice subsidy scheme, which critics say haemorrhaged billions of dollars, and told a court today it had not distorted global prices.
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Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra Wows Fans But Remains Divisive Figure
When former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in this sleepy corner of northern Thailand and flashed her familiar smile, waiting supporters gasped and spoke of a political revival.
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Airline Apologises After Pilot Jokes About Crashing Plane Carrying An Ex PM
Thai budget airline carrier Nok Air apologised on Monday after one of its pilots joked about crashing a plane carrying ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra In Court For Corruption Trial
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges that her supporters say are a ploy by the ruling junta to curtail the influence of her and her family.
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Thai Military Holding Junta Critic Over Facebook 'Like'
A Thai man who "liked" a doctored photo of the country's king on Facebook is being held incommunicado at a military base, the ruling junta said today, as rights groups warned he risked becoming another victim of "enforced disappearance."
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Thai Soothsayer Accused of Lese Majeste Dies in Custody
A famous Thai fortune teller charged with royal defamation has died in military custody, officials said today, the second time in weeks a person caught up in a shadowy palace intrigue probe has been found dead while in detention.
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Thai Junta Chief Defends Return of Populist Subsidies
Thailand's junta chief today defended his government's decision to roll out significant farming subsidies, a policy the generals and their allies excoriated when the civilians they toppled were in power.
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Thai Military Sees Red Over Critical Comments, Warns Dissident
Thai soldiers warned the daughter of an assassinated dissident commander today not to do anything to disturb the country after she staged a symbolic protest in support of ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
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Thailand Anti-Coup Activists Mark Student Crackdown Anniversary
Around 200 anti-coup activists today peacefully marked the anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on students in Bangkok, defying the ruling junta's ban on political gatherings.
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4 Thai Men Jailed for Life Over 2014 Grenade Attack
A Thai court today sentenced four men to life imprisonment over the death of three people, including two children, in a grenade attack in Bangkok last year during anti-government protests.
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Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Ordered To Pay $305 Million In Damages Over Rice Scheme
Mrs. Yingluck, one of four members of the billionaire Shinawatra family to have served as prime minister, has been living overseas to avoid jail for failing to prevent corruption in the rice scheme.
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Thailand's Fugitive Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra Granted Serbian Citizenship
Serbian media reported Thursday that the country has granted citizenship to Thailand's fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra, who was ousted ahead of the 2014 coup and later fled to avoid a jail term.
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Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra: From First Female Prime Minister To Fugitive
Thailand's first female premier Yingluck Shinawatra followed her brother to the apex of the kingdom's political scene and will now depart it in a similar fashion: condemned to self-exile after a court handed her a five-year sentence in absentia
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Thailand's Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra Flees To Dubai: Party Members
Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison.
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Thailand's Referendum: What You Need To Know
Thais are voting for the first time since the army grabbed power in 2014, in a referendum on a new military-drafted constitution.
-
Ousted Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Defends Rice Subsidy At Criminal Trial
Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her management of a rice subsidy scheme, which critics say haemorrhaged billions of dollars, and told a court today it had not distorted global prices.
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Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra Wows Fans But Remains Divisive Figure
When former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in this sleepy corner of northern Thailand and flashed her familiar smile, waiting supporters gasped and spoke of a political revival.
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Airline Apologises After Pilot Jokes About Crashing Plane Carrying An Ex PM
Thai budget airline carrier Nok Air apologised on Monday after one of its pilots joked about crashing a plane carrying ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra.
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Ousted Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra In Court For Corruption Trial
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges that her supporters say are a ploy by the ruling junta to curtail the influence of her and her family.
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Thai Military Holding Junta Critic Over Facebook 'Like'
A Thai man who "liked" a doctored photo of the country's king on Facebook is being held incommunicado at a military base, the ruling junta said today, as rights groups warned he risked becoming another victim of "enforced disappearance."
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Thai Soothsayer Accused of Lese Majeste Dies in Custody
A famous Thai fortune teller charged with royal defamation has died in military custody, officials said today, the second time in weeks a person caught up in a shadowy palace intrigue probe has been found dead while in detention.
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Thai Junta Chief Defends Return of Populist Subsidies
Thailand's junta chief today defended his government's decision to roll out significant farming subsidies, a policy the generals and their allies excoriated when the civilians they toppled were in power.
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Thai Military Sees Red Over Critical Comments, Warns Dissident
Thai soldiers warned the daughter of an assassinated dissident commander today not to do anything to disturb the country after she staged a symbolic protest in support of ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
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Thailand Anti-Coup Activists Mark Student Crackdown Anniversary
Around 200 anti-coup activists today peacefully marked the anniversary of a deadly military crackdown on students in Bangkok, defying the ruling junta's ban on political gatherings.
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4 Thai Men Jailed for Life Over 2014 Grenade Attack
A Thai court today sentenced four men to life imprisonment over the death of three people, including two children, in a grenade attack in Bangkok last year during anti-government protests.
