Earlier this month, ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra reportedly sought permission from the military junta to postpone her return to Thailand.
But, just as her critics began rubbing their hands in glee, she came back, purportedly ready to face trial for corruption and gross neglect of her duty as the country’s chief executive. Yingluck thus put an end to one line of speculation, but she remains the subject of ongoing political suspense. In fact, her case is far more significant than the one that prompted her brother Thaksin to flee the country in 2008.