Bangkok: Thailand’s ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled Thailand, a senior party source said, after she skipped a court appearance that could have seen her jailed, prompting the Supreme Court to issue a warrant for her arrest.
Thousands of supporters – outnumbered by security forces – waited from dawn for a glimpse of the ousted leader, but she did not show.
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