Yingluck prosecutors ‘will meet statement deadline’
Prosecutors in the dereliction case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in connection with her government’s rice-pledging scheme said on Monday that they had finished drafting a closing statement ahead of the verdict set for August 25.
Surasak Treerattrakul, director of the Office of Attorney General’s Department of Investigation, said the prosecutors would meet the deadline of August 15 for submitting the statement, which included thorough details covering all contentious points.
The team was able to pinpoint some questionable facts from the defendants’ witnesses, he said.
It was confident in its findings and statement, but it would be up to the court to judge and rule on the case, he added.
In 2014, Yingluck was accused by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of dereliction of duty for failing to prevent corruption in the controversial rice-pledging scheme, which was her government’s signature policy.
The trial against her started in January last
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