Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where in a few hours time Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier. Yingluck shinawatra is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. From bangkok, our correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports. This was Yingluck Shinawatra six yea rs this was Yingluck Shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her Brothers Party to victory in thailands general elections. She is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. If found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Seen here at the start of a trial, Yingluck Shinawatra appeared confident. But her critics say she is g
Newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where in a few hours time Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier. Yingluck shinawatra is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. From bangkok, our correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports. This was Yingluck Shinawatra six yea rs this was Yingluck Shinawatra six years ago, a political novice bringing her Brothers Party to victory in thailands general elections. She is no longer in power and is now standing trial on a charge of negligence for a controversial life subsidy scheme. If found guilty she could face ten yea rs if found guilty she could face ten years in prison and a lifetime ban from politics. Seen here at the start of a trial, Yingluck Shinawatra appeared confident. But her critics say she is g
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 7am in bangkok, where, in a few hours time, Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. For more on this, lets go to the bbcs karishma vaswani, who is outside the court in bangkok. She is suspected to arrive in tell i what she is suspected to arrive in tell. What 3 4; to this hour. Tell us what has led to this and what we are expecting today. Yeah. Iam and what we are expecting today. Yeah. I am standing outside the supreme court. There is already media around. It is highly anticipated. The buildup has taken 18 months or so. That is how long this has gone on for. Protesters, supporters, i should say, of Yingluck Shinawatra
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A him andnd a vulnerable loan child refugees. But then mps accuse the government of backtracking. Can explain why they exclude children of 16 and 17 years old given the recognition that they are still children and still vulnerable. We want to address the children that the dutch amendment suggests. Those are children 15 and below his nationality puts them in Refugee Status and who are at high risk of sexual exploitation. Children are at risk of all kinds of exploitation. It could be trafficking, forced labor and slavery. But this government does not care. The reason that we do not consider children after the 20th of march is quite simple. We do not want to introduce a factor to encourage parents to make this journey across the zahara and the mediterranean. Youre watching westminster interview with me. Still to come, can mps were together to handle the health care crisis. As the year drew to a close, there were increasingly vocal calls for the government to do more to help civilians trap