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PostSubject: Good: Former Thai PM to be charged over rice scheme   Good: Former Thai PM to be charged over rice scheme Icon_minitimeThu Jan 22, 2015 10:25 pm

Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra will face a criminal charge over a controversial rice subsidy scheme, the attorney general's office says.

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The news came as the legislature prepared to vote on whether to impeach her for dereliction of duty over the same scheme.

Critics say the rice policy cost the government billions and funnelled money to her party's power base.

Ms Yingluck was removed from office in May 2014 just before a military coup.

Her supporters say the claims against her are a ruse to remove her from politics.

Ms Yingluck's party is the most popular in Thailand and has - under various different names - won every election since 2001.

Surasak Threerattrakul, director-general of the Office of the Attorney General, said after considering all the witnesses and evidence from the National Anti-Corruption Committee "we agree that the case substantiates a criminal indictment charge against Yingluck".

If found guilty, she could be jailed for up to 10 years. If the military-backed legislature also votes to impeach her she will be immediately banned from politics for five years.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30928835#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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