Irregularities in rice-pledging scheme, says Senate ex-panel chief
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A state witness Friday told the Supreme Court that there were irregularities in the implementation of the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme with regard to a programme to sell low-priced packaged rice to victims of natural disasters and people aff
Pol Lt-General Yutthana Thaipakdi, former chairman of the Senate subcommittee which investigated corrupt practices in the rice-pledging scheme, was speaking at the sixth session of state witnesses testifying before the court in the criminal case against former premier Yingluck Shinawatra.
Yutthana said the contracts between state-owned Public Warehouse Organisation and private firms for rice packaging and distribution under the scheme were flawed.
Yingluck, who attended yesterday’s session, is facing criminal charges over her alleged negligence in the scheme, which caused over Bt500 billion in damages to the state.
