Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Tuesday that it was still unclear in which country Yingluck was hiding, but the Foreign Ministry was following all possibilities closely.

The ministry had not yet found Yingluck to be seeking asylum anywhere, he added.

Authorities must first have direct visual evidence that it was indeed her before confirming she was in any particular location, he stressed.

However, there have been no notifications of her whereabouts so far, apart from the various unreliable news reports circulating about her disappearance, the minister said.

Regarding reports that the ex-PM had fled through Sa Kaeo province to Cambodia, Don said his ministry had not “reached out” to that country, but officials of both nations were discussing the matter.