Though not getting to meet her as she did not in the end come to court, neither of them regretted their decision to turn up. “We always love and have faith in Yingluck and will continue to support her. My father would also not have passed away early if he could have been cured by the [later Pheu Thai-initiated] universal health care scheme,” Chantalak said. “If you’re not grass-roots people, you won’t know how Pheu Thai’s policies really helped the poor,” the Phetchaburi resident added. “The court’s statement saying that Yingluck is sick is only meant to make us back away, but we won’t.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 25, 2017 08:37 UTC