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    NCPO: Yingluck May Extend Her Stay Abroad

    NCPO: Yingluck May Extend Her Stay Abroad


    BANGKOK - Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra can ask the military junta for a permission to extend her stay abroad, a top military officer said.
    Ms. Yingluck left the country for Europe late last month, ostensibly to visit her brother former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in France. Although she promised to return to Thailand to fight corruption charges, there is an intense speculation that she will go into exile.
    Lt.Gen. Kampanart Ruddit, deputy chief-of-staff of the Royal Thai Army, said today that the junta has not been informed that Ms. Yingluck will postpone her return to Thailand, scheduled to be 10 August, but she can file a request to the junta for an extended stay.
    "If Ms. Yingluck indeed did not come back, she will have to explain what kept her from returning to Thailand. The leader of the NCPO will judge whether she can remain abroad," Lt.Gen. Kampanart said, referring to the National Council for Peace and Order.
    Although the NCPO previously issued arrest warrants on politicians and activists who either left the country without permissions or failed to report to the junta in time, Lt.Gen. Kampanart said the military rulers consider many factors before they prosecute those who violate the NCPO's travel restrictions.
    "In the past two months, the NCPO has been very negotiable. We do not just issue arrest warrants right away. If anyone has a task [that kept them away], they can inform us," Lt.Gen. Kampanart claimed, "The NCPO will give them time, but when time is up we will have to issue arrest warrants."
    He also dismissed criticism that the NCPO was naive to let the former leader leave the country, saying that Ms. Yingluck is free to travel as she wished because she remains innocent until proven guilty in court.
    "I ask you, what rights does the NCPO leader have to forbid Ms. Yingluck from going abroad? If he had done so, it would affect the principle of human rights, and he would be criticised," Lt. Gen. Kampanart said, "There's only one standard. No one has the privilege. I insist that the NCPO leader has no intention to help Ms. Yingluck escape her charges."
    Vacation or exile?
    Last month, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) found Ms. Yingluck guilty of negligence that allegedly led to massive corruption in the rice-mortgage scheme - a key policy of her administration.
    Her case has been forwarded to the Criminal Court for further prosecution. If found guilty, Ms. Yingluck could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of 20,000 baht.
    Shortly before she left the country, the former leader insisted on her innocence and questioned the legality of NACC's investigation against her. She also vowed to return to Thailand to contest the charges.
    "There has been allegation that I am going abroad to escape from the cases," Ms. Yingluck said on 18 July. "Let me insist that my trip is a personal one, and there is clear schedule of return date. I prepared this trip long before the NACC found me guilty in a hasty manner."
    Ms. Yingluck's aides also told the media that she was merely traveling to attend a birthday party for her brother, Mr. Thaksin, in Paris on 26 July, and to enjoy a private vacation in Europe with her son.
    However, for many Thais, Ms. Yingluck’s situation is reminiscent of that which Mr. Thaksin once faced. Mr. Thaksin was also deposed in a military coup and was later charged with corruption. He fled the country shortly before a court found him guilty in 2008 and has been living in self-imposed exile ever since.
    A survey claimed that a majority of Thais expect Ms. Yingluck to follow her brother's footsteps and chose a life of exile.

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    They are really praying she won't come back. Be very nice for them if she doesn't.

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    I am sure there are many of Yingluck's opponents (and Shinawatra opponents) who would love to see Yingluck go into exile (and perhaps there have been hints to her) but I am confident she will return to Thailand. She has been an honourable Prime Minister in my opinion and she will stick to her promises.


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    She won't be back! Maybe.

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    Yingluck 'will return on Sunday' as scheduled, will fight charges

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    BANGKOK: -- FORMER PREMIER Yingluck Shinawatra will "definitely" return from an overseas trip as scheduled on Sunday to face her court cases, sources said yesterday.

    A source from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) said Yingluck had informally contacted the junta about keeping to her itinerary.

    This matches information from a Pheu Thai Party source, who is close to Yingluck, that she would indeed come back by Sunday.

    Yingluck is visiting France, the UK and the US since July 23 after getting permission from the NCPO to travel abroad and is scheduled to return on Sunday.

    The NCPO source said the junta would not interfere in any of Yingluck's legal cases. The responsible agencies would be allowed to process them. No agency would be set up to follow up on them like the Assets Examination Committee that was formed following the 2006 military coup to investigate corruption cases related to the Thaksin Shinawatra government.

    Lt-General Kampanart Ruddit, director of the Reconciliation for Reform Centre, said Yingluck could delay her return if necessary. The NCPO has always been flexible with the people it has summoned. They could explain the reason and would be allowed to report later, he said.

    NCPO chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha did not stop Yingluck from leaving the country, as she had not been convicted of any crime. She had also showed her travel plans and air tickets as proof of her sincerity, he said.

    Meanwhile, another national security source said that even if Yingluck changes her mind and does not return to Thailand, it would have no effect on the NCPO's work and foreign countries already understand the NCPO.

    The NCPO allowed Yingluck to travel as it wanted the country to go towards reconciliation. It also believed Yingluck would not choose the same path as her fugitive brother Thaksin."If Yingluck decides to seek asylum in the UK, it's her choice. The NCPO is unlikely to be affected. Foreign countries now understand the roles of the NCPO in solving the problems. They know that the NCPO is not doing this to seek benefits as some politicians have accused," he said.

    NACC findings challenged

    Yingluck's attorney, Norawit Lalaeng, filed a petition for a reinvestigation to the Office of the Attorney-General, claiming the probe by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) was incomplete.

    The NACC on Tuesday submitted its case report to pubic prosecutors and recommended her indictment in Criminal Court for dereliction of duty, resulting in a Bt500-billion loss to the state from the rice-pledging scheme. If the state attorneys find the evidence compelling, the case will be forwarded to the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders within 30 days.

    Yingluck also faces an impeachment motion over the huge damage caused by the rice scheme.

    Norawit, her attorney, said the NACC's decision was based on incomplete information derived from its rushed investigation, which declined to hear the testimonies of important witnesses.

    There are also many outstanding issues that are disputable and inconclusive, for example, the rice depreciation rate used to calculate the loss and the quantity of the remaining rice stocks, he said.

    Source: http://www.nationmul...f-30240423.html


    -- The Nation 2014-08-07

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    All depends, really. Her company SC Asset was always just a conduit funneling funds from Shincorp into the ether. When he decamped her company was in truth redundant, give or take the odd property holding requiring attention.

    She certainly faces 100 miles of bad road on flat tyres if she were to return and her conviction will be a given. So what would be the point? Would she be a rallying point for a new party when the generals retire from the field? Not a cat in hell's chance. Would she have access to funds to manage a business empire? Nope, her conviction will almost certainly carry a devastating financial penalty.

    Essentially, the only reason would be to live in her own country as a Thai with some history but no future except as an ordinary individual but there is always the threat of imprisonment.

    As I said before, she might claim asylum in the UK and would almost certainly get it. After a further 5 years she would qualify for British citizenship which would facilitate travel and may afford some additional protection.

    Thaksin has several very nice properties in and around London and there is a lively Thai social scene.

    I think she'll go for it and claim asylum.

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    Not a chance. Thaksin didn't. Yingluck won't.

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    Oh, yeah?

    Just goes to show what you don't know.

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    As a Brit I am ashamed that London seems to be the destination of choice for all the worlds shysters and thieves

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    Quote Originally Posted by thegent View Post
    Oh, yeah?

    Just goes to show what you don't know.
    Oh, I forgot. He claimed then withdrew his claim because he would have lost use of his passport, or something like that.

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    I said 50/50 she doesn't return,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bangyai
    BANGKOK - Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra can ask the military junta for a permission to extend her stay abroad, a top military officer said.
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    FFS Dear Sister please please stay out of the country

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    Permission...??
    Well - that tells you everything you need to know.

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    Sexy slut is still counting her money, she'll be a while yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    I am sure there are many of Yingluck's opponents (and Shinawatra opponents) who would love to see Yingluck go into exile (and perhaps there have been hints to her) but I am confident she will return to Thailand. She has been an honourable Prime Minister in my opinion and she will stick to her promises.
    I knew she would return. Welcome home, Yingluck.



    Yingluck returns on private plane at Don Mueang


    A few days before her scheduled return date of Aug 10, there had been reports Ms Yingluck had written to junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha asking for her return to be deferred until the end of the month. But this was dismissed by a National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) director for Reconciliation and Reform, Lt Gen Kampanat Ruddit. He said Ms Yingluck had not made any such request and her schedule remained unchanged.

    Yingluck returns on private plane at Don Mueang | Thai PBS English News


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    Quote Originally Posted by Butterfly View Post
    I said 50/50 she doesn't return,
    Totally noncommittal.

    Of course, she will return.

    She's back: Yingluck returns on schedule | Bangkok Post: learning

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