THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Government should request UK return Yingluck: Abhisit

Government should request UK return Yingluck: Abhisit

The government should clarify steps to be taken in regard to former PM Yingluck Shinawatra’s flight to the United Kingdom and start requesting that the country send her back, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Thursday.

Abhisit said Yingluck may not need to ask for asylum if she holds a passport of another country. With such a passport, she could ask to enter the country via a business visa, he said.
The Thai government may not be able to intervene in the event that an asylum request is made, Abhisit said, noting the special relationship between an asylum claimant and the government of the country of refuge.
But the Thai government could begin by filing an official request for her return from the UK. If it did not file a request, the UK would never send her back as she had apparently entered the country legally, Abhisit said.

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