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Former Thai PM Yingluck meets Thaksin in Paris – Media

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Emak-yingluck2-240714eBANGKOK, July 25 – Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday reunited with her brother Thaksin, a former premier currently living in self-exile in Paris.

Yingluck departed Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport early Thursday to begin a 20-day vacation in Europe endorsed by the military junta, Xinhua news agency reports quoting local media.

A picture showing Yingluck purportedly hugging Thaksin at an airport in Paris was posted on Instagram by the latter’s son on Thursday afternoon, the Bangkok Post reported.

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Emak-yingluck1-240714eYingluck started her vacation amid speculation she may not return to fight a court case in which she was alleged of negligence of duty in overseeing a controversial rice-pledging scheme.

If found guilty, she could face imprisonment and a five-year ban from politics. Yingluck is expected to attend Thaksin’s 65th birthday celebration in France
on July 26. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup and fled Thailand in 2008 to avoid a two-year jail term.

-BERNAMA