Supporters present flowers to Thai Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (C) upon her arrival at the Thai Supreme Court for the final round of defence witness hearing on her government's rice pledging scheme in Bangkok, Thailand, July 21, 2017.
The Thai Supreme Court on Friday held the final defence witness hearing on the rice pledging scheme waged by the government of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck is charged with dereliction of duty in her government's rice pledging scheme, which was alleged to have dealt a damage of over 500 billion baht (14.9 billion US dollars), and could possibly be sentenced to ten years' imprisonment if found guilty. (Xinhua Photo)

DUBAI, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled from Thailand to Dubai, U.S. news channel CNN reported Friday.

Yingluck's escape came just two days before a Thai court is due to deliver a verdict over her case of rice subsidies, CNN quoted "a highly-placed source" in Yinluck's Pheu Thai party as saying on Friday.

She allegedly escaped on Aug. 23 with her 15-year-old son over Singapore and flew from there directly to Dubai, CNN said.

There was yet no official comment available from the UAE or by the UAE's state media about the CNN report.

In the past, the UAE had been the destination for several politicians seeking refuge.

In 2003, shortly after a U.S.-led coalition toppled the Iraqi regime under Saddam Hussein, his former Minister of Information Muhammad Al-Sahaf, known as "Baghdad Bob" or "Comical Ali," fled to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto relocated to Dubai after she lost elections in 1997, where she resided with her family until her return to her country in 2007.