Decision on Yingluck 'negligence' case likely to be decided on Thursday
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A resolution on what to do with the alleged negligence of duty case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is expected to be reached at a meeting between the National Anti-Corruption Commission and public prosecutors on Thursday, the anti-graft
However, NACC member Vicha Mahakun said he did not know if the Office of the Attorney General would decide to pursue the case through the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Offices.
Vicha said that the OAG had called the urgent meeting. The NACC has suggested it will pursue the case itself if the OAG refuses to take it.
Representatives from the NACC and the OAG have met four times to discuss the matter but failed to reach a conclusion.
Public prosecutors suggested that the NACC question more witnesses, particularly those requested by Yingluck’s lawyers, but the anti-graft agency said it had a strong case against the ex-PM.
The NACC has accused Yingluck of negligence leading to massive state losses – in excess of Bt500 billion – from her government’s scrapped rice price-pledging scheme.
Vicha said the NACC was confident that its case was complete.
