Army chief confirms NCPO asks Yingluck to delay overseas trip

Authorities concerned submitted their opinions that Yingluck's trip should be postponed to NCPO chief Prayut Chan-o-cha, who made the decision, Udomdej said.
He was responding to a report that the NCPO had suspended Yingluck’s request to travel to Hong Kong to meet her brother; self-exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
The Attorney General is about to arraign Yingluck at the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on dereliction of duty in the rice-pledging scheme, Gen Udomdej said.
“Please note the necessity and it is a caution. We would like to offer convenience to everyone who cooperates but something affects the case that draws attention and has subsequent impacts. So, it is suspended to await the court’s ruling,” Gen Udomdej said.
“I believe that the former prime minister is aware of the necessity to wait for the legal process [to unfold],” he said before leaving for Singapore to conclude the Kocha Singha Thai-Singaporean joint military exercise and to boost military relations.