By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges that her supporters say are a ploy by the ruling junta to curtail the influence of her and her family. Yingluck, whose government was overthrown in a 2014 coup, is the sister of ousted populist Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was himself deposed in 2006 and, though now in…
Ousted Thai PM Yingluck in court for corruption trial