Isra News Agency released the clip, eliciting rumours that Yingluck could have been in the van.

Yingluck failed to show up to hear the verdict regarding her alleged negligence in her government’s rice-pledging scheme at the Supreme Court last Friday (August 25).

On August 23, she was last seen in the morning giving alms to monks and in the afternoon visiting a hotel with her entourage.

The online news agency reported that Yingluck had returned home on August 23 at around 2pm. From that time, several vehicles entered and exited her house included a Toyota Fortuner, a Honda Civic, an Isuzu pickup and a Nissan March.

The report said the Fortuner belonged to Pinthongta Shinawatra, the daughter of Yingluck’s brother Thaksin Shinawatra.

However, the most interesting vehicle was a police van seen leaving the house at about 9pm.

It is believed that she may have escaped on August 23 because no one has reported seeing her the following day.

When asked about the van, the national police chief on Thursday refused to comment on the report, saying he had already assigned his deputy, Pol General Srivara Rangsibhramanakul, to handle the case.