Panel of judges formed to try Boonsong
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A general assembly of 130 Supreme Court judges Wednesday voted to select nine judges to hear a case against former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and 20 other people for alleged malfeasance, in connection with the sale of government rice under the
Some of the judges will also hear a separate case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is accused of negligence in her role in the corruptionplagued rice scheme implemented by her government.
The nine judges selected are Thanarerk Nitisenee, president of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions; Slaikate Wattanapan, president of the Supreme Court’s Tax Division; Wiroon Sangtian, president of the court’s Commercial and Economic Division; Tassanee Junsunjai Thammagane, president of the court’s Bankruptcy Division; Cheep Jullamon, vicepresident of the Supreme Court; Pussapa Panomyunt, president of the court’s Juvenile and Family Division; Veerapol Tuhnsuwan, vice-president of the Supreme Court; Nualnoi Pholthavee, president of the court’s Intellectual Property and International Trade Division; and Apirat Ladpli, a chief justice in the Supreme Court.
