Former PM ordered to face trial

Yingluck, accused of 'dereliction of duty', insists that she was innocent and calls for fairness

Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was ordered on Thursday to stand trial on charges of negligence over a bungled rice subsidy program. The case could see her jailed for up to a decade.

The decision is the latest legal move against Yingluck - Thailand's first female prime minister and sister of fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra - that could spell the end of her family's political dominance.