Govt prevents Ying luck from traveling overseas

Thailand's military government has denied former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra permission to travel overseas, to ensure she is in the country to face criminal charges later this month, a government spokesman said on Sunday,

The military toppled the remnants of Yingluck's government in a coup in May, ending months of demonstrations on the streets of Bangkok that had paralyzed her administration.

Yingluck was banned from politics last week for five years and indicted on criminal charges over her involvement in a state rice buying scheme that cost Thailand billions of dollars.