CNN says Yingluck in London as Bangkok home searched (Updated)

CNN reported on Friday that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was in London to seek political asylum as police in Bangkok carried out a search of her home.

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Afternoon update

CNN reported on Friday that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was in London to seek political asylum as Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Thailand already asked the Interpol to find her.

CNN, quoting a source in Yingluck's Pheu Thai Party, said she had left Dubai for London two weeks ago and was there to seek political asylum, confirming a Reuters report on Thursday she had left Dubai for London on Sept 11.

Gen Prawit said on Friday that he did not know Yingluck was in London. He said the Foreign Ministry had reported she was in Dubai and had not yet given him an update.

He said he had no idea on the present status of Yingluck in England and that the United Arab Emirates earlier promised to prevent her from making a political move.

Thailand already asked Interpol to find Yingluck, Gen Prawit said.

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Scientific crime detection police leave the residence of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bung Kum district, Bangkok, after their search on Thursday. (Photos by Patipat Janthong)

Residences of Yingluck, close aide searched

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Police have searched the residences of fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her close aide in Bangkok on Thursday to look for clues about her escape from a five-year jail sentence relating to corruption in her rice-pledging scheme.

Searched for a few hours first in the afternoon was Yingluck's residence on Soi Yothin Pattana 3 in Bung Kum district.

Leading the searches, deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibhramanakul said the action responded to the testimonies of three police officers suspected of assisting in Yingluck's escape. Twenty-five police and military officers searched Yingluck's house and collected her DNA samples to see if they match the evidence found in the Toyota Camry car she reportedly used to escape.

In the evening, authorities searched Room No.96 on the seventh floor of JW Boulevard condominium in Wang Thong Lang district. It was the residence of Yingluck's close aide Nilubol Klinprathum. Samples were also collected for DNA tests to identify people involved in Yingluck's escape.

Pol Gen Srivara said police needed the DNA samples of the close aide because they found the DNA of more than two people in the car.

According to him, authorities collected 17 items from Yingluck's house, mostly her personal belongings. Officials also planned to impound a Honda Accord car there for further examination.

Large numbers of police and the media gathered outside the former prime minister's house for the search.

A source said officials collected combs, clothes and hair of Yingluck and the results of the DNA comparison should be known in a week.

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