Police seek talks with Yingluck confidants
In an attempt to locate former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, police hope to interview more of the people who were close to her shortly before her disappearance.
Police chief Chakthip Chaijinda said on Tuesday that the police would extend invitations to talk to at least 14 people, including some Pheu Thai's ex-MPs, who reportedly met Yingluck at a hotel in Bangkok before she apparently fled the country.
Police earlier summoned her bodyguards to give their accounts. Pol Colonel Watanyu Wittayaphalothai, who has provided security to Shinawatra family political office holders since the premiership of Yingluck’s brother Thaksin, was one of them.
Deputy police chief Pol General Srivara Rangsipramanakul said he had met Watanyu on Monday and asked him what he knew. It was a useful discussion but he could not disclose any details at this point, Srivara said.
Chakthip said he had no clue as to why Yingluck fled or who helped her.
The immigration police have checked all possible departure points, including those at airports, but had found no clues whether she has slipped through any of them.
Thai police have contacted Interpol, which is represented in more than 190 countries, but so far have not yet received any replies.