BANGKOK: A convoy believed to be carrying Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was last spotted heading through a military checkpoint close to the border with Cambodia, the junta’s deputy leader said Friday. On Friday, deputy junta leader General Prawit Wongsuwon gave reporters an update on the investigation, saying Yingluck’s convoy was last seen on CCTV at a military checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province, which borders Cambodia. “The CCTV footage does not show them at the border checkpoint, it finishes at a military checkpoint at Sa Kaeo province,” he said, without elaborating on whether soldiers at the checkpoint searched the cars. It is the first official confirmation authorities have made that Yingluck was last seen heading towards Cambodia. Junta and officials from Yingluck’s Pheu Thai party have given conflicting accounts of the escape route.

Source: The Star September 08, 2017 06:00 UTC