Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Friday said he had warned Yingluck Shinawatra, while she was still prime minister and he the army chief, that there were problems over her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

Gen Prayuth, who is also chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order, said he, then as a government official, cautioned Ms Yingluck that many people had criticised the controversial rice programme.

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