Yingluck sues attorney general related to rice-pledging case against her
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday filed a criminal lawsuit against the attorney general and other public prosecutors for having allegedly committed malfeasance and negligence of duty related to rice-pledging charge against her in the Supre
In her suit filed at the Criminal Court, Yingluck alleged that the attorney general and relevant officials violated Article 83, 157 and 200 of the Criminal Code.
The suit alleged that the attorney general and public prosecutors indicted her without sufficient examination of information, evidences and witnesses.
The suit alleged that the attorney general filed a case which included additional accusations that were not originally stated in the case filed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).
The suit pointed out that the NACC case under the criminal code section 157 did not include accusations regarding to corruption but the attorney general included these accusations.
The suit also alleged that during the court procedure, the public prosecutors also used materials that were not included in investigative reports of both NACC's and joint committee between NACC and public prosecutors. The suit of the attorney general included additional 60,000 pages of information into the case, which should also be deemed illegal practice, Yingluck's suit said.
