Thailand's military junta lifted its travel ban on former premier Yingluck Shinawatra, allowing her to visit Europe later this month, news reports said Thursday, according to dpa. The former prime minister submitted a letter to General Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the junta - known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) - asking for permission to leave the country for a holiday with her son, local newspaper Thairath reported. "Yingluck has been complying with the order from NCPO so there is no reason to not grant her permission to travel," army spokesman Colonel Winthai Suwaree was quoted as saying. Yingluck was banned from any political affiliations and from any travel abroad after the military coup in May, he said.
