The team, led by Pol Colonel Watanyu Wittayaphalothai, met with Lad Phrao police and denied having prior knowledge of Yingluck’s decision to flee Thailand.

Police will match their statements against other facts collected in the case in a bid to find how Yingluck disappeared from her house on Yothin Pattana 3 before the reading of the court verdict in her negligence case last Friday.

Watanyu has provided security to Shinawatra political office-holders since Thaksin Shinawatra, following requests backed by the law.

However, Watanyu was seen as being too close to his subjects, including Yingluck.