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Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Ordered To Pay $305 Million In Damages Over Rice Scheme
Mrs. Yingluck, one of four members of the billionaire Shinawatra family to have served as prime minister, has been living overseas to avoid jail for failing to prevent corruption in the rice scheme.
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Ousted Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Defends Rice Subsidy At Criminal Trial
Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her management of a rice subsidy scheme, which critics say haemorrhaged billions of dollars, and told a court today it had not distorted global prices.
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Thai Supreme Court Accepts Criminal Case Against Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand's Supreme Court accepted a criminal case against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today for allegedly mishandling a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme, and she could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty.
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Thai political crisis threatens budget, rice scheme, public works
Thailand's inability to form a new government has left the country facing a slow-burn budget crisis, with a costly rice-buying scheme close to collapse and public investment plans that were meant to support the flagging economy under threat.
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Thai Ex-PM Yingluck Ordered To Pay $305 Million In Damages Over Rice Scheme
Mrs. Yingluck, one of four members of the billionaire Shinawatra family to have served as prime minister, has been living overseas to avoid jail for failing to prevent corruption in the rice scheme.
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Ousted Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Defends Rice Subsidy At Criminal Trial
Ousted former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra defended her management of a rice subsidy scheme, which critics say haemorrhaged billions of dollars, and told a court today it had not distorted global prices.
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Thai Supreme Court Accepts Criminal Case Against Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailand's Supreme Court accepted a criminal case against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today for allegedly mishandling a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme, and she could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty.
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Thai political crisis threatens budget, rice scheme, public works
Thailand's inability to form a new government has left the country facing a slow-burn budget crisis, with a costly rice-buying scheme close to collapse and public investment plans that were meant to support the flagging economy under threat.
