Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra narrowly missed encountering a small group of protesters when she appeared at the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders to hear accusations against her in the trial related to her rice-pledging scheme.

Today was the fifth hearing of the case which she was accused of dereliction of duties that had inflicted over 500 billion baht damages to the state.

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