Posted 3/4/2024, 10:48:19 AM
Yingluck Shinawatra Acquitted of Corruption Charges as Brother Thaksin Released from Detention
- Thailand's top court acquitted former PM Yingluck Shinawatra of corruption charges related to a 2013 infrastructure project campaign.
- The ruling comes weeks after her brother, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, was released from detention on parole.
- Yingluck served as Thailand's first female prime minister from 2011-2014 before her government was toppled in a coup.
- In 2017, Yingluck was sentenced in absentia to 5 years in prison over a rice subsidy scheme scandal, leading her to live abroad.
- Current PM Srettha, a Shinawatra ally, has dismissed speculation that Thaksin will seek to influence his government after being freed.