GEORGE TOWN: A police escort was provided to two former Thai prime ministers as a safety precaution, says Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.
The Penang police chief was referring to exiled VVIP siblings Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra who were in Penang for a personal trip."If a person of that importance visits Penang, we have to provide a police escort.
"We have to provide it as we cannot risk the chances of there being people with ill intentions who might take advantage of their visit here," he said during a press conference held at the George Town police district headquarters in Jalan Patani on Friday .Comm Mohd Shuhaily was responding to questions about the siblings being given police escorts during their trip here.
"We are aware of the case of Australian Annapuranee Jenkins who was a commoner and was kidnapped and later killed."Just imagine if anything untoward had happened to them.He then confirmed that they were here on a personal visit.The ex-Thai prime ministers were spotted at the Cecil Street market during peak lunch hour ordering koay teow th’ng and Chinese pasembur at about 1pm on Wednesday .
Thaksin, 73, was Thailand’s prime minister from 2001 to 2006, while Yingluck, 55, was the first Thai female prime minister, serving from 2011 to 2014.A controversial 2013 amnesty Bill that would have paved the way for his return instead triggered street protests which culminated in the 2014 coup against Yingluck’s government.
She was tried in 2016 but did not appear in court in August 2017 for the verdict. An arrest warrant was issued.
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