Protest leader Suthep urges rice farmers to sue government

Farmers should sue the prime minister and other relevant Cabinet members for defaulting on payments due to them under the rice-pledging scheme, anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday.

Suthep, secretary-general of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), suggested that farmers use their receipts for the pledged rice as evidence to file suits against the PM, her deputy, the Commerce Minister and his deputy.

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