Yingluck & former ministers called on to pay compensation for rice scheme

BANGKOK, 18 September 2015 (NNT) – The government is preparing to order former PM Yingluck Shinawatra and former Cabinet members to pay 510 billion baht in compensation for their involvement in the graft-ridden rice subsidy scheme.

A fact-finding committee has concluded that Ms. Yingluck has to pay 500 billion baht in compensation for damage incurred by the rice pledging project approved during her administration.

Read more: NNT

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