Yingluck’s passport not yet revoked
The Foreign Ministry has not yet to received notice from the police in order to revoke the Thai passport of fugitive ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday.
“This is the police’s duty. The relevant officers will discuss this later on,” Don said. “The ministry is well prepared, but we still have not yet received notice of the matter.”
An arrest warrant against Yingluck was issued on Friday after the former premier failed to show up at the Supreme Court to hear a final ruling on a case of alleged negligence to stop irregularities in he government’s controversial rice-pledging scheme.
Her lawyer claimed that she was suffered from Meniere’s disease, but he failed to produce a medical certificate and did not convince the court that this was the case.
Yingluck’s brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, has had his Thai passport revoked several times by authorities. The most recent time was in 2015, after Thaksin allegedly defamed the Army in an interview with the press.
Living in self-exile abroad since the 2006 coup, Thaksin returned to Thailand in 2008 to report himself to the court.