So were her close relatives who arrived at the court early morning yesterday to be there for their sister, cousin, and aunt. When Nation reporters checked with Yingluck’s staff at around 8.13am, they were informed that she would be arriving at the court soon. Without mentioning Yingluck by name and only referring to her as “the defendant”, Cheep said the lawyer of the defendant had requested postponement of the verdict reading because the defendant suffered symptoms of meniere’s disease |and was hence unable to attend court. Cheep went on almost without pause that the court did not believe the defendant was so unwell that she could not attend the hearing. Only when reporters inside the courtroom came outside did everyone realise that Yingluck had failed to turn up.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 25, 2017 18:00 UTC