Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court has upheld the rejection of Yingluck Shinawatra's request to reopen a case concerning more than 10 billion baht in compensation linked to the rice pledging scheme.

The ruling was read at 1.30pm on 23 September 2026 in Courtroom 4 of the Central Administrative Court building. Yingluck, a former prime minister, and her husband Anusorn Amornchat had sought a new hearing in case number 3/2569.

Court finds no new evidence

Yingluck and Anusorn had challenged the prime minister and eight other parties over an order by the Finance Ministry requiring Yingluck to pay 10,028,861,880 baht in compensation.

The ministry held her liable in her roles as prime minister and chair of the National Rice Policy Committee. It said she had allowed corruption in the rice pledging scheme and failed to use her authority to stop resulting losses to the state.

On 13 January 2026, the Central Administrative Court rejected the couple's application for a new hearing. The application relied on an urgent Commerce Ministry letter, number Por Nor 0302.3/781, dated 1 August 2025.

The letter concerned information related to a confidential Commerce Ministry order, number 453/2559, issued on 19 September 2016, requiring Yingluck to pay compensation.

However, the court found that the material was only evidence of Yingluck's later correspondence with the Commerce Ministry. As it arose after the Supreme Administrative Court had already issued its judgment, it was not considered new evidence capable of materially changing the facts of the case.

Appeal also dismissed

The Supreme Administrative Court said it had already exercised its discretion in assessing evidence on losses arising from government-to-government rice sales. That evidence was contained in the case file during proceedings at both the Central Administrative Court and Supreme Administrative Court, including submissions filed by both sides.

It said the arguments amounted to a challenge to the Supreme Administrative Court's exercise of discretion, rather than proof that the court had made an error in its factual findings.

The court also found there was neither new evidence that could materially alter facts already settled nor a serious procedural flaw that would make the outcome unjust. It therefore ruled that Yingluck's appeal against the refusal to reopen the case had no merit.

Yingluck's lawyer said the legal team would consult her on possible further steps.

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3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

requiring Yingluck to pay 10,028,861,880 baht in compensation

I guess Tony's finances aren't that great anymore.

She wants to go home but not to prison like her brother.

shows what happenes when someone has no idea/the intelligence how to run a country then does a runner when confronted with the resullts and has to pay, like Tony she was in it for the money., the whole family is crooked.

No one seriously thought the 'court' (cough) was ever going to rule in her favor did they?

1 hour ago, seajae said:

shows what happenes when someone has no idea/the intelligence how to run a country then does a runner when confronted with the resullts and has to pay, like Tony she was in it for the money., the whole family is crooked.

Are you suggesting the people in government now are there to lead Thailand for the benefit of ALL Thai's?

2 hours ago, JJ-Thailand said:

She wants to go home but not to prison like her brother.

This has no prison. The fun will start when they get interested in the amount and/or start selling her and her family property and holdings

As we could read a few days ago, Thailand is in need of money. So now she has to pay, while maybe some time ago she could have been more lucky. If she will ever pay is another question, just like her brother.

2 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

As we could read a few days ago, Thailand is in need of money. So now she has to pay, while maybe some time ago she could have been more lucky. If she will ever pay is another question, just like her brother.

It was always a trumpted-up charge by their omnipotent political opponents and their pliant courts. As I said in another post, the game is rigged - the table is tilted - and not in favor of the masses or anyone claiming to represent them. It's a stitch up to keep a small group of a handful of very wealthy families in a perpetual state of oligarchy.

2 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

No one seriously thought the 'court' (cough) was ever going to rule in her favor did they?

Depends on how big the envelopes are.

1 minute ago, FlorC said:

Depends on how big the envelopes are.

Nope that was tried in Thaksin's day and the judge blew the whistle (he knew what side his bread was buttered - and the envelope came from the wrong side).

4 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

6 hours ago, JJ-Thailand said:

She wants to go home but not to prison like her brother.

This has no prison

Only if you ignore the 5-year sentence that she got for this rice corruption scheme from which she did a runner in addition to the B10bn compensation order.