BANGKOK, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's police are looking into allegations that the son of fugitive former premier Yingluck Shinawatra had traveled to London to see his mother lately.
Deputy Police Commissioner General Pol. Gen. Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Friday the Immigration Police are investigating the alleged travel of Supasek Amornchat, the son of the former premier, from Bangkok to London to see his mother during the New Year holiday.
Besides, the deputy police chief said the immigration police and other authorities are searching for an unidentified Thai woman who had allegedly posed for a picture with Yingluck in London during the New Year holiday.
That blurred picture has gone viral in social media in Thailand and abroad, prompting the Thai authorities to keep trying to find the whereabouts of the fugitive premier.
Last August, Yingluck reportedly slipped out of Thailand with the help of a few police officers and found her way to Dubai.
Yingluck escaped a final verdict of the Supreme Court which sentenced her to five years in jail on misconduct charges involving the populist rice subsidy program implemented by her previous government several years ago.
Srivara said the British authorities and Interpol are yet to clearly respond to the Thai authorities whether Yingluck may have traveled to Britain as reported by the media.
