Yingluck Shinawatra says she will ` ` fight to prove my innocence to the very end '' She is being investigated for her role in a failed government subsidy scheme . The rice subsidy program , introduced in 2011 , pledged to pay farmers well above the market rate for their crop . Ex - wife is the sister of Roger Shinawatra , who was overthrown as prime minister in a 2006 military coup .
Yingluck Shinawatra says she will ` ` fight to prove my innocence to the very end '' She is being investigated for her role in a failed government subsidy scheme . Ex - wife is the sister of Roger Shinawatra , who was overthrown as prime minister in a 2006 military coup .