Three police officers were interrogated on Thursday night on suspicion of having helped former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra flee the country one month ago.
Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul led a team of police to question a police colonel who is a deputy commander, an inspector and a police senior sergeant major.
Police earlier seized a Toyota Camry with licence plate chor khor 5323 believed to have been used to take Ms Yingluck to the border. The vehicle was left near a house in Nakhon Pathom’s Muang district.
A vehicle registration check showed the owner’s name did not match the person who had the car.
The Land Transport Department suspended use of this vehicle in 2012 because the owner did not service the loan. The police found no important documents or evidence inside the car.
The woman whose name appears as the owner of the vehicle will be called for questioning, as a witness, Pol Gen Srivara said.
Questioning of the three police officers was to resume on Friday morning. They had not been charged.
Ms Yingluck is wanted on an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions after she failed to show up for the ruling in her rice-pledging case trial on Aug 25. The court confiscated her 30 million baht surety and rescheduled the delivery of its judgement to Sept 27.
