Abhisit's rice scheme probed
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The Pheu Thai Party has petitioned for the Department of Special Investigation to look into the losses incurred by the rice-price guarantee programme under Abhisit Vejjajiva's government.
“The Pheu Thai validation team has recently discovered the project led to a loss of Bt130 billion, not Bt60 billion as they said,” Pheu Thai spokesman Prompong Nopparit said yesterday. “The number hasn’t yet been verified by the Commission of Defence Against Corruption and Misconduct of the House of Representatives.” Prompong added that the action is not in retaliation against the criticism of the Pheu Thai-led government’s own rice-pledging scheme.
