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Yingluck's trial seen denting dominance of Shinawatra clan

Former PM is accused of criminal negligence over economically disastrous rice subsidy scheme

Published Sun, May 17, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Bangkok

    THAILAND'S first female prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces court on Tuesday at the start of a negligence trial which could see her jailed for a decade and deliver a hammer blow to the political dominance of her family.

    It is the latest legal move against Ms Yingluck - sister of fugitive billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra - whose administration was toppled in a military coup nearly a year ago.

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