Metropolitan Police Area 4 chief Maj-General Nanthachat Supamongkol, who oversees Lat Phrao Police district where Yingluck’s house is located, said the search warrant was a sensitive issue so he needed to wait for his supervisor’s command.

An arrest warrant was issued for Yingluck by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Friday after she failed to turn up for the verdict reading in the negligence case against her former government’s controversial rice-pledging scheme. The court postponed the verdict reading to September 27 and ordered the seizure of Yingluck’s Bt30-million bail.

Yingluck is now “safe and sound” in Dubai, CNN reported last night, citing a high ranking Pheu Thai Party official

Yingluck’s brother Thaksin, who is also a former prime minister and also toppled by a military coup, lives in Dubai and London in self-imposed exile to avoid abuse-of-power charges.

Nanthachat said he had ordered police forces to be dispatched to monitor her house and keep law and order.

So far, there was nothing happening at the property, he said. He added police had talked to Yingluck’s maids and housekeepers but they denied knowing anything.

“We are sure we have not overlooked anything. We have emphasised to officers the need to strictly monitor the place and will do it for a while until the situation returns to normal,” he said.

Yingluck’s house in Bangkok’s Bueng Kum District had been very quiet since the owner fled the country days before facing the verdict.

Some media are still staking out the front of her house to report on any occurrences.