Arrest warrant issued for Yingluck as ex-PM misses court appointment in Thailand


Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. - The Nation Thailnd/ANN

BANGKOK, April 19 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand's Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to show up at 9.30am yesterday for the court’s reading of charges in a case filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

On Jan 28, NACC filed a lawsuit against Yingluck, two newspapers and three others over alleged corruption in the Thailand 2020 Roadshow project.

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