Govt adds month to Yingluck's explanation time before panel
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Ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra has 30 more days of explaining to do before the investigation committee set up to probe her then government's corruption-tainted rice-pledging scheme.
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam Thursday said there were some more questions the committee wanted to ask Yingluck despite the process’ original deadline passing last month. He did not elaborate.
Wissanu insisted that Yingluck was negligent to allow the scheme to be corrupted.
The government is expected to seek up to Bt500 billion in compensation from Yingluck due to the damages caused to the country by the scheme.
However, according to the law a defendant can negotiate to reduce the compensation figure, Wissanu said.
Government spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd expressed displeasure over Yingluck and her lawyer Norrawit Larlaeng’s decision to make public letters they had sent to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha in which Yingluck appealed to him.
“Why do they give hints to the plaintiff [the government]?” he said. “They could just let us blunder on so they are at an advantage if the court sees their point of view.”
