Paetongtan Shinawatra’s posts came after her aunt, former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, fled the country and failed to show up on August 25 to hear the court ruling against her in the rice-pledging case.

“I would like to thank unfortunate events that let us know how lucky we are to have a family whose members love one another and to have friends who are ready to stand by us as well as to have the people who have never forgotten us,” Paetongtan posted. “And the people understand that father and aunt love the people the and the country more than anything else.”

Paetongtan Shinawatra posted on her Facebook wall, Ing Shinawatra, and to @ingshin21 on Instagram.