Attorney General declines to prosecute Yingluck - for now
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The Attorney-General's Office on Thursday decided to set up a joint committee of public prosecutors and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to conduct further investigations into the rice-pledging case against former prime minister Yingluck Shi
The NACC has asked the attorney general to prosecute Yingluck for dereliction of duty in neglecting to act on corruption in the rice-pledging scheme.
Wanchai Rujanawong, spokesman for the Office of the Attorney-General, said the setting up of the joint committee was aimed at strengthening and plugging all the loopholes in the case so that it would be “perfect” before public prosecutors brought Yingluck before the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions.
The committee will be set up within 14 days.
The Nation
