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Thailand's Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison on Wednesday for mismanaging a rice subsidy scheme.

Yingluck, whose government was ousted in a 2014 coup, fled to Dubai via Singapore, sources in her Puea Thai Party said on the weekend.

Somchai, along with then-deputy prime minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth, was accused of abuse of power over a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in 2008.

Yingluck argued the rice scheme, which backfired costing Thailand $8 billion, benefited average Thais.

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Yingluck Shinawatra appeared before the Supreme Court on Monday to review evidence in a case involving rice subsidies.

Former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra will be indicted on a criminal corruption charge over her controversial rice subsidy scheme, a prospect that could see her jailed for 10 years.

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