Former deputy prime minister and commerce minister Niwatthamrong Bunsongpaisarn defended former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the rice pledging scheme before the fact-finding panel today (Monday).

Emerging from a meeting with the panel, Mr Niwatthamrong said he told the panel that Ms Yingluck was not negligent in overseeing the rice scheme as charged by the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

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