In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, Thailands former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court to make her final statements in a trial on a charge of criminal negligence in Bangkok, Thailand. A Thai court on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, has sentenced former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison for alleged negligence in a money-losing rice subsidy program. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
BANGKOK: Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra (pic) is considering applying for political asylum in three European countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, a source from her legal team said.
Yingluck is now residing in the UK on a tourist visa, the source said, but declined to elaborate which passport she uses. The source said the UK is her preferred location to seek asylum because her brother Thaksin, who is living in exile in Dubai, has a residence there.
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