Rice-pledging hearing begins

Ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra came to the Supreme Court on Friday for the first hearing of a trial in which she was charged with dereliction of duty in the rice-pledging programme.

If she is found guilty, she could face a jail term up to 10 years.

Read more: Bangkok Post

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