Rice charges
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PUBLIC prosecutors will tomorrow charge former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and 20 others for having allegedly faked government-to-government rice deals so that they could manipulate the government's stockpiles.
The prosecutors have informed the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to bring the 21 suspects to the Office of the Attorney General tomorrow for the court arraignment. Sources said prosecutors have submitted a request to the NACC to inform the 21 suspects to meet prosecutors.
It is not yet known if any of the suspects would appear at the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders when prosecutors file the indictment against them.
Meanwhile, the court will decide on Thursday over whether to accept the suit filed by the attorney-general against former PM Yingluck Shinawatra for her alleged failure to stop corruption in the rice-pledging scheme.
