Thais to deploy 4,000 police for ex-PM Yingluck verdict


Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces a verdict Friday in her negligence trial. -AFP filepic

BANGKOK: More than 4,000 police will guard Thailand’s Supreme Court on Friday when judges announce a verdict in the case of ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, accused of negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy.

Thailand’s first female prime minister, toppled by a military coup in 2014, faces up to ten years in prison if convicted and a life ban from politics under the new military-drafted constitution.

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