- Title: File footage of former Thai PM Yingluck amid asset freeze in rice subsidy case
- Date: 27th July 2017
- Summary: UDON THANI PROVINCE, THAILAND (FILE - MAY 25, 2011) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PUEA THAI PARTY SUPPORTERS AT POLITICAL CAMPAIGN RALLY PUEA THAI PARTY PRIME MINISTERIAL CANDIDATE YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, SISTER OF FORMER THAI LEADER THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, SPEAKING ON STAGE YINGLUCK ADDRESSING CROWD NAKHON PHANOM, THAILAND (FILE - JUNE 6, 2011) (REUTERS) SUPPORTERS AT RALLY / SUPPORTER HOLDING UP A SIGN SHAPED AS A NUMBER 'ONE', REPRESENTING THE PUEA THAI PARTY'S ELECTION NUMBER YINGLUCK GREETING HER SUPPORTERS BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - JULY 3, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF YINGLUCK CASTING VOTE IN ELECTION BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - AUGUST 10, 2011) (REUTERS) NEW THAI PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA GETTING OUT OF CAR AND WALKING THROUGH CROWD YINGLUCK'S FIRST CABINET MINISTERS WALKING YINGLUCK TAKING A SEAT FOR CABINET PHOTO SESSION YINGLUCK SITTING / SMILING YINGLUCK AND CABINET MINISTERS TAKING SITTING FOR PHOTO SESSION IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE YINGLUCK STANDING UP AND GREETING HER MINISTERS With her stunning leap from the boardroom to head of government in less than three months, Yingluck Shinawatra shook up Thai politics by becoming the country's first female prime minister in a July 3 election landslide. The businesswoman, sister of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was catapulted from relative obscurity to stardom in a matter of days, and, with her down-to-earth approach, she quickly won over the poor who elected Thaksin twice and saw Yingluck as their best hope of bringing him home. On August 10, she unveiled a new 35-member cabinet dominated by her Puea Thai Party. King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved the cabinet line-up, paving the way for a party allied with Yingluck's fugitive brother to lead a government for the fourth time in a decade. BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - 2011) (REUTERS) YINGLUCK IN INFLATABLE BOAT TALKING TO PEOPLE DURING FLOODS VARIOUS OF YINGLUCK GIVING SUPPLIES TO PEOPLE STANDING IN FLOODWATERS Yingluck toured the Don Muang district in northern Bangkok by boat on November 3, 2011, where people in the streets were wading through waist-high water. The floods killed many hundreds of people with 2.2 million affected, including hundreds of thousands in Bangkok's submerged northern districts and in industrialised provinces. BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - 2012) (REUTERS) ANTI-YINGLUCK GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS MARCHING ON STREET SHOUTING (Thai): "THAKSIN, GET OUT! YINGLUCK, GET OUT!" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BLOWING WHISTLES SHOUTING (Thai): "GET OUT" BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - 2013) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY FROM TEAR GAS IN STREET PROTESTERS WASHING FACES WITH BOTTLED WATER PROTESTERS CARRYING INJURED MAN VARIOUS OF WATER TRUCK SPRAYING WATER ON PROTESTER PROTESTERS THROWING TEAR GAS CANISTER BACK AT AUTHORITIES POLICEMEN HOLDING RIOT SHIELDS Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Thai capital after lawmakers approved a draft political amnesty bill on November 1, 2013 that could allow the return of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, one of Thailand's most polarising figures. BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - MAY 22, 2014) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS IN TRUCKS DRIVING PAST VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS PUSHING MEDIA LINE BACK MILITARY COMMANDERS SITTING FOR TELEVISED ADDRESS ON TAKING POWER IN A BLOODLESS COUP, THAILAND'S ARMY CHIEF PRAYUTH CHAN-OCHA (CENTRE) MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT Thailand's army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, seized control of the government in a coup, two days after declaring martial law, saying the military had to restore order and push through reforms after six months of turmoil. The general made his broadcast after a meeting to which he had summoned the rival factions, with the aim of finding a compromise to defuse anti-government protests. But no progress was made and Prayuth wound up the gathering by announcing he was seizing power, according to a participant. BANGKOK, THAILAND (FILE - MAY 23, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VAN CARRYING OUSTED PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA'S ARRIVING AT AN ARMY FACILITY A van believed to be carrying Yingluck arrived at an army facility, a day after a bloodless coup. Her whereabouts had been unknown in the weeks leading up to the coup until the summoning. Prayuth had summoned Yingluck and 22 associates, including powerful relatives and ministers in her government, to a meeting at an army centre in the capital.
- Embargoed: 10th August 2017 11:20
- 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: LVA0016RIREIT
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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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