Thailand’s former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has pleaded not guilty at the start of a trial that could see her jailed for a decade, and which critics say is part of a politically motivated campaign against her family.

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have marched through the streets of the Thai capital, reviving their whistle-blowing, traffic-blocking campaign to force the resignation of the country’s prime minister.

Anti-government protesters have surrounded the Thai prime minister’s temporary office in Bangkok to demand her resignation a day after clashes with police left at least five people dead.

Thailand’s fugitive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has divorced his wife in Hong Kong, his spokesman said today.