BANGKOK, Jan 22 — Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is in parliament today to make her closing statement in her impeachment defense.
She said she hopes to receive justice from the National Legislative Assembly (NLA). The parliament and its vicinity are heavily guarded.
Ms Yingluck was impeached for failing to bring a halt to her loss-ridden rice-pledging scheme.
The assembly is hearing the closing statements from her and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that impeached her.
Arriving at parliament, Ms Yingluck denied that she intended to evade the NLA's inquiry process last week. She said she already assigned others to answer questions on her behalf.
Her lawyer Pichit Chuenban complained that the NACC raised many topics irrelevant to the case including government-to-government rice deals.
He also said that justice in her case would lead to overall national reconciliation and unity.
On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon prohibited any rally in relation to the closing statement session today.
Police and military are deployed in and outside the parliament while an army of media personnel is covering the session there. (MCOT online news)
