Thai court sentences ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra to 5 years in jail

Norrawit Larlaeng (C), lawyer of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, is interviewed by the press at Thailand's Supreme Court in Bangkok, capital of Thailand on Sept. 27, 2017. Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday found former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty of malfeasance in a loss-ridden rice subsidy program and sentenced her in absentia to five years in jail. (Xinhua/Li Mangmang)