Bangkok, May 22, 2025 (AFP) - Thai court orders former PM Yingluck to pay for rice scheme

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A top Thai court on Thursday ruled that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra must pay more than $300 million compensation over a controversial rice subsidy scheme during her time in office. The ruling is the latest round in a long-running legal battle over the rice scheme that has already seen Yingluck, aunt of current Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, given a prison sentence in absentia. The Supreme Administrative Court overturned on T......

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