Yingluck verdict opens another can of worms in the rice-pledging saga

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Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra waves to supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court in Bangkok on August 1, 2017. (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

 

By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk

 

Supporters of Yingluck Shinawatra are cheering an April 2 ruling by the Administrative Court, claiming it clears the fugitive former prime minister of all legal responsibility for her government’s graft-plagued rice-pledging scheme.

 

The court overturned the Finance Ministry’s 2016 order – issued under the post-coup junta regime – demanding that Yingluck pay Bt35.7 billion in compensation for losses incurred by the 2011-2014 subsidy scheme. The court also revoked an administrative order to confiscate Yingluck’s assets as compensation.

 

The ruling came just three days after the same court rejected an appeal lodged by five senior officials responsible for the rice-pledging scheme. They were appealing against a Finance Ministry order for them to pay a combined Bt14.5 billion in damages stemming from bogus sales of the government’s rice stockpile.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/yingluck-verdict-opens-another-can-of-worms-in-the-rice-pledging-saga/

 

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[Surelynot]

Am I right in thinking no one is ever going to pay a single penny?

Edited April 14, 2021 by Surelynot

[khwaibah]

It took #44 to stage a coup to get my wife and other her 19.50 bath a kilo the <deleted> promised. That happened about 4 week after the coup.

 

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by metisdead
Profane acronym removed.

[ParkerN]

Just now, Surelynot said:

Am I right in thinking no one is ever going to pay a single penny?

 

Yep. Same as big Brother. No-one from the amartya will pay anything or suffer any penalty.

It's an understanding in Thailand. Nobody gets fired, nobody sees the inside of a prison without a nod from the Don. And the Don isn't nodding...

Edited April 14, 2021 by ParkerN

[sharecropper]

38 minutes ago, khwaibah said:

It took #44 to stage a coup to get my wife and other her 19.50 bath a kilo the <deleted> promised. That happened about 4 week after the coup.

 

 

Phew - all worth it then.

[metisdead]

A post using a trolling reference to the PM has been removed.  

[candide]

Interesting news. She's been convicted (5 years) in the criminal case  (and also de facto allowed to flee), and cleared in the civil case. Hmmmm....

[PatOngo]

So, when can we expect you back, Yingluck?

[robertson468]

8 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

So, when can we expect you back, Yingluck?

Could be the next PM?  Thank you three times!

[PatOngo]

1 minute ago, robertson468 said:

Could be the next PM?  Thank you three times!

I think the days of civilian PM's is long past!

[ParkerN]

Just now, candide said:

Interesting news. She's been convicted (5 years) in the criminal case  (and also de facto allowed to flee), and cleared in the civil case. Hmmmm....

 

Normal fare for Thais. They do not abide by the natural laws of human or physical nature. It just isn't for them, which is one of the reasons that Mr Prayuth is reviled and rejected when he ventures abroad among other national leaders. They know he is not their kin.

 

There are two realities in Thailand, the 'looking out' reality and the 'looking in' reality. Like Shrodinger's cat, which is both alive and dead until you open the box.

 

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by ParkerN

[candide]

3 hours ago, robertson468 said:

Could be the next PM?  Thank you three times!

The unelected Senate appointed by the army is due to remain in function for 5 years after 2019, so it will the the PM maker again after the next election.