A recent news leak about three rice traders being disqualified from bidding for 15,000 tons of 10-year-old rice from the rice pledging scheme was an attempt to disrupt the bidding process, according to a source at the Ministry of Commerce. 

The Rayong provincial election committee has asked the Election Commission (EC) to seek a court order to disqualify a Move Forward MP who was elected in the eastern province because he had previously served a jail term, a source from the EC office said on Thursday.