Police hunt for more suspects in Yingluck escape investigation

They have also conducted DNA tests on items found in a seized Toyota Camry sedan believed to have taken Yingluck to Sa Kaew during her August 23 flight from the capital. 
A security source said the discovery of her DNA in the sedan would help to prove she had ridden in the vehicle.

Deputy police chief Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul convened a meeting yesterday with investigators and provincial police to coordinate the investigation.
They were also looking for more information about a pickup truck that was suspected of picking her up after she exited the Camry.
Srivara said police had not determined Yingluck’s whereabouts or whether she was in Thailand, as foreign countries had not responded to inquiries about her location.
The most concrete testimony provided so far came from three officers who were detained last Thursday night and reportedly confessed that they had taken Yingluck to Sa Kaew. 
The three officers have been accused of using illegally registered cars, but they have not been charged as the suspected escape occurred before an arrest warrant was issued for Yingluck on August 25.
A judicial source speaking on condition of anonymity said the three officers were not guilty of helping Yingluck evade justice given the absence of an arrest warrant.
Srivara also insisted that the ongoing inquiries were not fake, apparently responding to criticisms questioning the authorities’ commitment to a transparent and full investigation.
The security source said Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan had instructed officers to find legal grounds to charge the three police, at the least for contempt of court because a court order had previously barred Yingluck from travelling overseas.
Former senior officials are also under suspicion for helping Yingluck flee, but Srivara said the investigation had not expanded to consider additional charges given that the original three officers had not been charged.
Meanwhile, Prawit rejected calls for the junta to set up a special panel to consider the issue on the grounds that the investigation was a police matter.
Prawit urged the public to be patient as police were determining whether people involved had broken the law. 
The court verdict in Yingluck’s case, which involves alleged negligence regarding her government’s scandal-ridden rice-pledging scheme, is supposed to be read by the Supreme Court tomorrow, after she failed to appear for the originally scheduled reading on August 25.