The deadline for the appeals was on Friday, 30 days after the court ruled against Yingluck, who was accused of failing to prevent corruption in her government’s rice-pledging scheme. Khemchai had said that the court ruling had followed the office’s indictment, so the office did not file an appeal. This meant that, if a person wished to flee, they would have to be on the run for their entire life. Although the court ruled that she had failed to prevent corruption in rice distribution in government-to-government deals, the office viewed that this was part of the one count. As the court had already delivered the ruling accordingly, the office decided not to file an appeal, said Kittinan.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 31, 2017 08:15 UTC