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Urgent: Former Thai PM Yingluck impeached

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday was impeached by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) over a rice-pledging scheme.

The counting of votes is still continuing, but NLA votes in support of impeaching Yingluck have surpassed the required number of 132. Endi