Police want Yingluck’s passports revoked

BANGKOK: Deputy Police Chief Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said that the police have contacted the Foreign Affairs Ministry asking it to revoke former premier Yingluck Shinawatra’s passports and to confirm with them her whereabouts.

The police have also contacted Interpol to help find her, Srivara said.

They are also checking whether she fled to Dubai as reported or not, he added.

The police have also charged two Nakhon Pathom police officers found to have aided Yingluck’s flight on Aug 23.

They are accused of importing a car without Customs’ approval as an engine number of the car did not show in the Customs Department’s records.

One of the officers, Colonel Chairit Anurit, had already been charged with faking vehicle documents, as four fake licence plates were found in the sedan.

Srivara took 25 police officers to search Yingluck’s house in Soi Yothinpatthana 3, where they seized 17 of her personal belong ings as evidence of her suspected escape from Thailand two days before the scheduled court ruling on Aug 25.

The search followed testimony given by Chairit, one of three policemen suspected of facilitating Yingluck’s escape.

During an interrogation last week, Chairit said that he had driven the former premier and her secretary, Nilubol Klinpratoom, from Bangkok to Sa Kaew province.

Srivara also sought DNA evidence at Nilubol’s condominium unit in Bangkok after getting an authorised search warrant and with the Prime Minister invoking absolute power under Article 44 of the interim charter, which is embedded in the 2017 Constitution.

The evidence should help verify Yingluck’s escape if traces of her DNA found on these articles match those found in the sedan allegedly used for the escape, Srivara said.

The DNA test should take around a week.

The search was also aimed at ensuring Yingluck was not hiding inside her house, he said. — The Nation / Asia News Network