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Thai assembly finds former PM guilty of negligence - Reuters vote tally


    BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military-appointed legislature found ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty of negligence on Friday, according to a Reuters tally of votes cast at a televised impeachment hearing.

    A verdict carries with it a five-year ban from politics for Yingluck, who was removed from office for abuse of power days before a military coup toppled the remnants of her government in May.

    The decision required three-fifths of the vote, or 132 of the 220 members of Thailand's National Legislative Assembly.

    (Reporting by Aukkarapon Niyomyat; Writing by Simon Webb; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)