Granting asylum to Yingluck would open floodgates

The editorial claims that, “Any country approached would have to consider possible harm to Thai law and to diplomatic relations”.
I would have thought that the legal considerations of the country, especially relating to political persecution by unelected military governments, and consideration of the transparency and legitimacy of Thailand’s judicial system, should come before concerns about diplomatic relations. If she applies in the UK, I would expect her to get it.
Darksidedog
The UK will never turn its back on political refugees and freedom fighters. The problem is she was convicted under an unelected military junta, and no “red notices” will have the slightest effect. She will go down in Thai history as a form of martyr who stayed to the bitter end then had to go to avoid “accidents” in a remote junta jail cell. 
LannaGuy
She is definitely no martyr that’s for sure.
She is however a convicted criminal who is wanted by the law. No country will want to have anything to do with her.
steven100
Question is, can political asylum be granted to a legally convicted fugitive? Would a country want to risk its relationship with Thailand? But then money talks! She was convicted by the High Court of Thailand, not some trumped up “kangaroo” court that forced her to flee. She chose to exit the building in her own time, ably assisted by her equally fugitive “Puppeteer from Dubai” brother.  
eggers
I’m just going to state the obvious here.
If any Western country such as the US or UK grants Yingluck asylum based on political persecution, then any Thai who fears retribution for speaking out against the current unelected military regime should be able to go to the same country and request asylum too for the same reasons. Open that Pandora’s Box and it will spur an outflow of emigrants “fleeing from possible prosecution for speaking out in defiance of the regime”. 
connda
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