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    Thailand's fugitive former prime minister 'is pictured outside HARRODS in London'

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    Thailand's fugitive former prime minister 'is pictured outside HARRODS in London' after fleeing on corruption charges as Thai Police say they will probe the UK about her whereabouts

    By Sarah Dean For Mail online
    05 Jan 2018

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    Yingluck Shinawatra fled Thailand in August before her verdict was read.
    Two photos, taken in London, claim to show her for the first time since she fled.
    Royal Thai Police said Friday they will approach UK authorities through Interpol.
    Yingluck Shinawatra was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia on September 27.
    Thailand's fugitive former prime minister is said to have been spotted outside Harrods in London on Thursday, five months after she fled her home country on corruption charges.

    Mystery has surrounded ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra's whereabouts ever since she stunned the kingdom by failing to turn up for the Supreme Court verdict in her negligence trial in late August last year.

    It later transpired that she had slipped out of the country by fleeing, via Cambodia, briefly to Dubai and then supposedly on to the UK.

    A photo claims to show Shinawatra smiling outside Harrods department store, in London's Knightsbridge. It was shared on social media after it was taken by a tourist who reportedly recognised her.



    Spotted: Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra (right) is purportedly seen smiling outside Harrods department store in London on Thursday
    The new image comes just 11 days after Shinawatra was also reportedly spotted shopping at Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush on December 26.


    The former prime minister, whose elected government was toppled in a 2014 coup, was sentenced to five years in prison in absentia on September 27 for failing to stop graft in a government rice policy - a case lambasted by her supporters as part of a broader junta effort to drive the ex-premier's family out of politics.

    Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Friday, after the Harrods photo emerged, that the Royal Thai Police Office will approach UK authorities through Interpol. The Bangkok Post reports.

    Pol Maj Gen Tawatchai Mekprasert, director of the Central Police Forensic Science Division, said the picture is not believed to have been doctored.

    Thailand revoked Shinawatra's passports in October. She had four Thai passports, two personal and two diplomatic, according to authorities.

    First sighting? Fugitive Shinawatra (left) was also reportedly spotted shopping at Westfield in Shepherd's Bush, London, on December 26 .

    Yingluck's elder brother Thaksin, who was ousted as prime minister in a 2006 coup, has been living in self-exile for years to avoid a graft conviction.

    He has a home in Dubai and junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha said in late September that Yingluck was also in the emirate.

    However, there have been widespread reports the former premier is now seeking asylum in Britain.

    Analysts believe the junta likely cut a backroom deal with the politician to whisk her out of the country - a charge the generals deny.

    The Shinawatras are wildly popular in Thailand's rural heartlands, where voters wooed by their welfare schemes have helped them dominate elections for the past decade.



    But they are loathed by Bangkok's traditional army-allied elite, who have branded them as corrupt opportunists and repeatedly cut down their governments with coups, court rulings and protests.

    The ruling junta has vowed to hold elections in November 2018, though a tight ban on political activities remains in place.

    Elections will not restore the same level of democracy the kingdom enjoyed before the coup.

    Under the junta's new charter elected politicians will be straitjacketed by an appointed Upper House and requirements to stick to a 20-year master plan.

    Thailand's former prime minister 'is pictured in London' | Daily Mail Online
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    She's got a lot to smile about- and she's looking well. I suppose it is a given now that political asylum has been granted, just as it was to her older brother. Wow, shock horror. It is just a shame that these are the only two people democratically elected by an Absolute majority in the history of Thailand- and in the case of Thaksin snr. democratically re-elected, and the first PM to both serve a full term, and be democratically re-elected by said Absolute.

    I mean, words fail me- well done Thailand. Take a bow.

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    Congratulations, Yingluck. Happy shopping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilsonandson View Post
    'er mate's got terrible acne, must be the waft of corruption

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    Guess it might as well be Harrods. Arab owned, you know.
    I recommend Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason also, Yingluck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    She's got a lot to smile about- and she's looking well. I suppose it is a given now that political asylum has been granted, just as it was to her older brother. Wow, shock horror. It is just a shame that these are the only two people democratically elected by an Absolute majority in the history of Thailand- and in the case of Thaksin snr. democratically re-elected, and the first PM to both serve a full term, and be democratically re-elected by said Absolute.

    I mean, words fail me- well done Thailand. Take a bow.

    Thainess.....

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    Yingluck is carrying Hermes Birkin Crocodile Porosus Lisse Fuchsia. (Price ~$73,000 or ฿2.5M, new).



    Turn heads, make waves, carrying this bag will make you feel on top of the world! This gorgeous hard to find Hermes Birin 30 Rose Fuschia Croco Lisse GHW is one of the most coveted Birkin bags around, and is a true masterpiece of craftsmanship. The contrasting gold hardware pops against the pink croco leather. This exuberant find is a special order, crafted to be a unique piece. This is indicated by the 'horseshoe' stamp next to the Hermès Paris stamp on the front of the bag.

    This one in the link is second hand. Price a measly ~ $60,000 or ฿2M.

    https://www.1stdibs.com/fashion/hand.../id-v_2579583/
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    ^ Perhaps it's just an inexpensive immitation.

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    She can officially afford it, but I hate to think of the size of Gnl Prawit's credit card bills.

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    Another small detail I'd like to point out is do you see that she is wearing the same boots and yoga pants as she was in the Westfield Shopping Center photo last week. She obvously has had these photos leaked on purpose. Last week to test the water and seeing the popularity of last weeks photos its down to Harrods and lets make sure they have no doubt that it's me with a HD photo taken.

    Whose behind it all? Guess?
    Big T. He won't rest. Obsessed and always sees a chance to get his foot back in the door.

    So is this a Shinawatra come back?

    Wait and see. Will it effect the election? Seems to me the Issan poor will always vote for Thaksin no matter what you do or say. If the tide turns red again it would have the elite fuming and the army wouldn't know what to do next.

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    ^^^Yes, after all she's such a humble champion of the people.



    How on earth does a pic. of Yingluck in exile indicate a 'come back'? [sic.]

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    Whose behind it all? Guess?
    SOROS!!!

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    Incidentally, the last Yingluck shopping thing at some obscure shopping centre in suburban London was the most viewed thing on the on-line BPaste, according to their own figures. They should be charged with Lese Majestie.

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    And for today's caption competition. We have this ......


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    "Who's that wearing the Yellow mask?"
    Now that's a job for the DSI (or TD CSI).

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    Thai police launch probe into Yingluck's son's travel to London

    Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-05

    BANGKOK, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's police are looking into allegations that the son of fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra had traveled to London to see his mother lately.

    Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol. Gen. Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Friday the Immigration Police are investigating the alleged travel of Supasek Amornchat, the son of the former premier, from Bangkok to London to see his mother during the New Year holiday.



    Besides, the deputy police chief said the immigration police and other authorities are searching for an unidentified Thai woman who had allegedly posed for a picture with Yingluck in London during the New Year holiday. That blurred picture has gone viral in social media in Thailand and abroad, prompting the Thai authorities to keep trying to find the whereabouts of the fugitive premier.

    Last August, Yingluck reportedly slipped out of Thailand with the help of a few police officers and found her way to Dubai. Yingluck escaped a final verdict of the Supreme Court which sentenced her to five years in jail on misconduct charges involving the populist rice subsidy program implemented by her previous government several years ago.

    Srivara said the British authorities and Interpol are yet to clearly respond to the Thai authorities whether Yingluck may have traveled to Britain as reported by the media.

    Thai police launch probe into Yingluck's son's travel to London - Xinhua | English.news.cn

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    "Who's that wearing the Yellow mask?"
    Now that's a job for the DSI (or TD CSI).
    Boris Johnson.

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    Why are the police interested in her son travelling outside Thailand? And why do the the police need to identify the other woman (unidentified but known to be Thai??) in the photo? Are they both fugitives from the law?

    Perhaps the son will soon become an exile. There are some good schools in the UK he could attend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilsonandson View Post
    And for today's caption competition. We have this ......

    Now, to the nearest 100,000 baht, how much did this handbag cost?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilsonandson View Post
    And for today's caption competition. We have this ......

    This is public enemy number one, we will stop at nothing to capture this fugitive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wilsonandson View Post
    And for today's caption competition. We have this ......

    "Find her son and bring him to me." "She thinks she can play games ehh?" "You wait and see Yingluck, we will find you"
    "We will find you" " Ha, ha, ha, hee, hee, ha, ha" " You can't escape the Shin Hunter" "Now go get the boy, go, go!"

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    "She has been found Guilty of possessing a non-regulation haircut"

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    a shame that these are the only two people democratically elected by an Absolute majority in the history of Thailand-
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    carrying Hermes Birkin Crocodile Porosus Lisse Fuchsia. (Price ~$73,000 or ฿2.5M, new).
    ^elected or unelected...

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    Anyway, another "Only in Thailand' moment. Affluent female seen shopping in London. I trust they accept Bitcoin.

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