Committee put together to close loopholes in Yingluck case
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Sansern Poljiak, secretary-general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), will lead a 10-member team to work with public prosecutors on the anti-graft agency's case against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra over the rice pledging scheme, which sup
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said last week that the case needed further investigation by a joint panel due to gaps in evidence. The NACC had requested the OAG to indict Yingluck for dereliction of duty for her alleged failure to stem corruption and state losses in the rice scheme.
The NACC yesterday appointed Sansern to head the team. Sansern said the joint panel would meet to find and remove any inconsistencies in the NACC investigation file.
“Once we have supplied more evidence, we will ask the OAG to file an indictment against Yingluck. If the prosecutors still refuse to indict her, the NACC has the power to bring the case to the court or appoint lawyers to fight the case on their behalf,” he said.
The NACC team includes the agency’s deputy secretary-general, assistant to the secretary-general, legal officials, officials from the Litigation Office, officials who write the judicial writs and lawsuit experts. But no NACC members, such as Vicha Mahakun who is in charge of this case, were appointed to work on the joint panel.
The Deputy Attorney-General will head the OAG team on the joint panel.
Sansern said the first meeting would be scheduled after NACC chairman Panthep Klanarongran officially endorses the NACC representatives.
