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Exiled ex-Thai PM asked to pay $305 mn in damages over rice scheme
short by Neeraja Nath / on Thursday, 22 May, 2025
A court in Thailand has ordered self-exiled former PM Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 10 billion baht ($305 million) in damages over a rice scheme. The ruling follows Yingluck's appeal against a previous order to pay $1.07 billion. In 2017, she was handed a five-year prison sentence for corruption in rice subsidy scheme. "I will continue to...fight for justice," Yingluck said.
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