Thai court acquits former PM over mishandling of government funds

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

A Thai court has acquitted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, now living in exile, on charges of mishandling expenditures for a government project in 2013.

It is seen as the latest legal victory for the powerful family of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.