YALA, Thailand - Pheu Thai Party prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra receive warm welcome from Muslim women when she campaigned in this southern border province Tuesday.
Yingluck wore a red hijab, prompting Muslim women to call her Yamila, meaning a beautiful woman.
Yingluck was accompanied by Pheu Thai leader Yongyuth Wichaidit and several candidates, including Natthawut Saikua, Nitibhum Naowarat and Pracha Promnok.
Yingluck campaigned at the house of former House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha at 11:10 am.
About 3,000 people came to listen to her speak.
Yingluck spent about 15 minutes telling them how she would turn the southern provinces into a special administrative zone.
source : asiaone