Thailand's former PM Yingluck arrives in court to deliver closing remarks in criminal case

Record ID: 904911

  • Title: Thailand's former PM Yingluck arrives in court to deliver closing remarks in criminal case
  • Date: 1st August 2017
  • Summary: BANGKOK, THAILAND (AUGUST 1, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF SUPREME COURT/POLICE STANDING IN FRONT OF SUPPORTERS FORMER THAILAND PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA ARRIVES COURT / GREETING SUPPORTERS VARIOUS OF YINGLUCK GREETING SUPPORTERS/RECEIVING ROSES/TAKING PICTURES WITH SUPPORTERS SUPPORTERS HOLDING A PORTRAIT OF YINGLUCK (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) FORMER THAILAND PRIME MINISTER, YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, SAYING: "I am confident in delivering a verbal closing statement to the court today. I am confident that there was no wrong doing and maintain my innocence. The rice scheme was a useful program that benefited the farmers." SUPPORTERS IN FRONT OF COURT YINGLUCK ENTERING COURT
  • Embargoed: 15th August 2017 04:13
  • Keywords: Yingluck Shinawatra court supporters closing remarks rice pledging scheme
  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • City: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016SBR5MT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: **PART AUDIO AS INCOMING**
    Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called for justice as she arrived in court on Tuesday (August 1) to deliver a closing statement in a criminal case against her in which she is accused of negligence in her handling of a multi-billion dollar rice-buying scheme.
    More than 1,000 supporters showed up outside the court in Bangkok in defiance of a government warning not to gather en masse as 300 police officers stood guard.
    Yingluck, who has always maintained her innocence and denies allegations of negligence and graft relating to the scheme, arrived in court as supporters shouted: "Fight! Fight!"
    The former prime minister insisted that the scheme which critics claimed have cost billions of baht in losses has "benefitted the farmers.'
    The court has schedule to deliver a verdict on August 25. She will face up to 10 years in jail if found guilty.
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