By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME Administrative Court today (Sep.23) waived an appeal filed in absentia by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to spare her some 10 billion baht cash to cover collateral damage done to the rice subsidy project implemented by her previous Pheu Thai-led government a decade and a half ago. The
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Ex-commerce minister Boonsong released on parole after 7 years in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER COMMERCE MINISTER-turned-convict Boonsong Teriyabhirom was released on parole today (Dec. 2) after he had served seven years in jail in relation to a graft-riddled rice subsidy scheme run by a previous Pheu Thai government. Boonsong who was today released from a prison hospital in Bangkok and heading for his
Read moreRice farmers to get 1,000 baht subsidy per rai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RICE FARMERS IN ALL parts of the country will be given 1,000 baht in government subsidy for each rai of their crop within a one-month period from now. The cabinet today (Nov.14) approved the Pheu Thai-led government’s measure to grant 1,000 baht in subsidy per rai of rice farm to
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