Yingluck moves to have Bt35 bn damages order revoked
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Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday that she has petitioned the Administrative Court to revoke an administrative order for her to pay Bt35 billion in damages allegedly stemming from her government’s rice-pledging scheme.
She said that her legal team has been in the process of seeking a court verdict against the order made by the Finance Ministry.
However, Yingluck declined to discuss the matter in detail, saying that she would disclose more at a later time.
The post-coup government has estimated that the previous administration led by Yingluck incurred damages estimated at Bt178 billion stemming from its corruption-plagued project. It was estimated that the former prime minister was responsible for Bt35 billion of the damages.
