Thai Supreme Court has taken former Thai Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to court over rice’s scandal.
According to Thai media sources, she fled the country while facing trial over agricultural subsidies through Cambodia, and then took personal jet direct flight to Singapore where her brother, Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, also former Thai Prime which fled Thailand over the allegation of real estate misconduct, and then flew to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The Thai Supreme Court has seized Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra's family asset of around $1.5 billion in contested assets, over allegations of corruption and conflict of interest. This makes both of the brother and sister the first two Thai Prime Minister ever to flee court case and court ruling.
Mr. Thaksin's sister, Ms. Yingluck is in the same boat as her brother facing political backlash, but her whereabouts is still remain a mystery. However, Thai officials said she is in Dubai with her brother Thaksin.
According to Thai media source she said that both of Thai constitutions, the new one which is still needed the approval from Thai king before it comes into effect as well as the current one is not balanced and neutral due to the repealing system that could put her in jail for decades.
Thai official saw this incidents as a bad example for those powerful people who committed crimes and then can go free but punishing the small fish instead, which does not do its justice.
However, the Thai communities and Thai Junta government disagree, arguing that she and her government are at fault from leaving a big mess and hardship for Thai farmers' livelihood and Thai rice industries which lost it competitive advantage due to the overpricing of rice.
Even though she has freed herself, and don't have to worry about being extradited back to Thailand to serve her time, many of her then senior officials were sentenced to many decades in jail time. If she stay in Thailand and fight this case, Thai Ministry of Justice could put her in jail over the negligence of rice-buying scheme, which cost the country a fortune.
