- Title: File footage of former Thai PM Yingluck amid asset freeze in rice subsidy case
- Date: 27th July 2017
- Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - JANUARY 22, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF YINGLUCK ARRIVING AT PARLIAMENT YINGLUCK TAKING SEAT INSIDE PARLIAMENT INTERIOR OF PARLIAMENT (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) FORMER THAI PRIME MINISTER, YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, SAYING: "I have never thought of cheating, never neglected my duty, nor done any sort of behaviour that would be deemed to have been involved with corruption." CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT SPEAKING Yingluck gave a closing statement before the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), pleading for justice from the NLA members and reiterating that she never had any intention of corruption in the failed rice policy. Yingluck rejected accusations by the National Anti-Corruption Commission that her failed rice scheme was a source of corruption in the rice industry. BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE- JANUARY 23, 2015) (REUTERS) INTERIOR OF PARLIAMENT, BALLOT BOXES IN FRONT PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS STANDING NEXT TO BALLOT BOXES VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT PUTTING VOTING PAPERS IN BALLOT BOXES Thailand's army-stacked parliament voted on an impeachment hearing against the ousted prime minister, testing a fragile calm between the rural poor and the royalist establishment backed by the Bangkok middle class. Thai authorities dealt a double blow to Yingluck and her powerful family on January 23, 2015, by banning her from politics for five years and proceeding with criminal charges for negligence that could put her in jail. BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - AUGUST 5, 2016) (REUTERS) YINGLUCK GETTING OUT OF CAR YINGLUCK'S SUPPORTERS CHEERING YINGLUCK AMONG HER SUPPORTERS AND RECEIVING FLOWERS PEOPLE PASSING FLOWER BASKET THROUGH CROWD YINGLUCK RECEIVING FLOWERS HANDS IN AIR CLAPPING, FILMING YINGLUCK THANKING HER SUPPORTERS Yingluck arrived at the Supreme Court on August 5, 2016, to give her testimony in the money-losing rice scheme case. BANGKOK, THAILAND (AUGUST 7, 2016) (REUTERS) YINGLUCK SHOWING HER IDENTIFICATION CARD AS SHE ENTERS POLLING STATION BALLOT PAPER BEING GIVEN TO YINGLUCK YINGLUCK WALKING OVER TO BOOTH YINGLUCK STANDING BEHIND BOOTH YINGLUCK HOLDING UP BALLOT YINGLUCK HOLDING BALLOT ABOVE BALLOT BOX YINGLUCK CASTING BALLOT / WALKING AWAY Yingluck cast her vote on the military-backed constitution on August 7, calling on Thai people to take part in the democratic process. BANGKOK, THAILAND (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) YINGLUCK WALKING UP STEPS TO TEMPLE VARIOUS OF YINGLUCK SITTING AND PRAYING YINGLUCK OFFERING ALMS TO MONKS (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) FORMER THAI PRIME MINISTER, YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, SAYING: "I would like to thanks for all of your support to me. I hope I have a chance to thank you all in person in this country and to make merit like this again with you." Yingluck visited a Buddhist temple on her 50th birthday and gave an interview to the media in tears, thanking her supporters. BANGKOK, THAILAND (JULY 7, 2017) (REUTERS) YINGLUCK GETTING OUT OF CAR AT SUPREME COURT YINGLUCK GREETING SUPPORTERS, RECEIVING FLOWERS YINGLUCK TAKING PHOTOS WITH SUPPORTERS Yingluck arrived at a Bangkok court to shouts of encouragement from her supporters two weeks before the final stages of a case about her involvement in a ruinously expensive state rice subsidy scheme. BANGKOK, THAILAND (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) YINGLUCK ARRIVING AT SUPREME COURT VARIOUS OF YINGLUCK RECEIVING FLOWERS FROM SUPPORTERS SUPPORTERS HOLDING HEART-SHAPED BALLOONS READING (English/Thai): "LOVE PU" ('PU' IS YINGLUCK'S NICKNAME) AND "STOP INJUSTICE" YINGLUCK STANDING AND LOOKING AT HER SUPPORTERS YINGLUCK WAVING TO HER SUPPORTERS YINGLUCK AND TEAM ENTERING COURT Yingluck appeared at the Supreme Court ahead of the last witness hearing of the lengthy trial as she was greeted by hundreds of supporters, many of whom were teary-eyed and gave her flowers as she entered the courthouse.
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- Keywords: Yingluck Shinawatra ousted Thai prime minister Puea Thai Party Thaksin rice subsidy case Yingluck closing statement Yingluck bank accounts frozen
- Location: UDON THANI PROVINCE, NAKHON PHANOM, BANGKOK, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND
- City: UDON THANI PROVINCE, NAKHON PHANOM, BANGKOK, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0036RIREIT
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- Story Text: Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ousted in a 2014 coup, on Thursday (July 27) called on her supporters for help as the military government "temporarily froze" 37 of her properties and 16 bank accounts.
Yingluck was banned from politics in 2015 after a military-appointed assembly found her guilty of mismanaging a scheme that bought rice from farmers at up to 50 percent above the market price. She denies wrongdoing.
She was charged with criminal negligence over the rice scheme, which was one of the policies engineered by her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was also toppled in a 2006 coup.
A verdict in the criminal case against her is expected on August 25. On Tuesday (August 1), she is expected to make a closing statement.
Though she is banned from political life, Yingluck remains a figurehead of the populist movement that has won every Thai election since 2001. She remains hugely popular among rural voters. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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