(Clockwise from top left) Monthathip, one of Yingluck's sisters, Chayika Wongnapachant, Yingluck's niece, Yaowapa, another of Yingluck's sisters, and Yaowapa's son, Dr Yodchanan Wongsawat. PHOTOS: THE NATION, BANGKOK / TWITTER.COM/CHAYIKA / ST FILE.
BANGKOK: The shock disappearance of ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra last week has fuelled belief that her family's political influence will wane.
Yingluck, the 50-year-old younger sister of self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is said to have left Thailand for Dubai just before judges were due to announce whether she was guilty of criminal negligence over her government's controversial rice subsidy scheme.
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