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Ex-Deputy Commerce Minister unusually rich, seeks seizure: NACC

April 25, 2025

NACC finds ex-Deputy Commerce Minister Poom Sarapol unusually wealthy, seeks court approval to seize assets worth nearly 20M baht held by family.

2 firms secure 10-year-old rice stocks worth nearly 250 million baht

July 19, 2024

Sup Saeng Thong Rice and Sahatan have won the auction for rice that dates back to Yingluck Shinawatra’s rice-pledging scheme

Industry source says 10-year-old rice likely destined for Africa

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024

The government appears to have secured buyers for the last 15,000-tonne stock of 10-year-old rice stored under the controversial rice-pledging programme, according to a source familiar with the matter.

10-year-old rice fit for human consumption, Phumtham to prove on Monday

SUNDAY, MAY 05, 2024

Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai reiterated on Sunday that over 145,000 sacks of rice stored for years at two warehouses in Surin province are still of good quality and edible.

Boonsong ex-aide gets 50 years over rice deal

TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2019

A CLOSE aide to imprisoned former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom was yesterday sentenced to 50 years in jail in absentia for his role in a corruption scandal linked to the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s rice-pledging scheme.

Boonsong in urgent need of spinal surgery

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 05, 2018

FORMER COMMERCE minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who is serving a lengthy jail term for corruption, is suffering from severe health problems that could lead to paralysis without proper treatment, Deputy Premier and Justice Minister Prajin Juntong said yesterday.

Yingluck may hold press conference in Hong Kong

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018

FUGITIVE former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is expected to hold a press conference in Hong Kong soon – her first since fleeing Thailand last August.

Yingluck’s Bt110m mansion among assets seized over rice-pledging case

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2018

FORMER prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s Bt110-million mansion in Bangkok is among more than 30 of her assets that have been confiscated to pay the compensation demanded from her for damages stemming from her government’s rice-pledging scheme, her lawyer said yesterday.

Court rejects Yingluck’s request to block Bt35-bn rice-pledging compensation

MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018

The Administrative Court on Monday rejected a request by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for an injunction against a government order for her to pay Bt35 billion in compensation for damages allegedly stemming from her government’s rice-pledging scheme.

New indictments for rice-pledging convict

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2017

THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday forwarded a case to the Attorney-General regarding former Commerce Ministery secretary Weerawut Wajanaphukka for new indictments and a trial after it decided earlier this month that he should be charged for having accumulated “unusual wealth”.

Official rulings in Yingluck case revealed

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 2017

ONLY ONE JUDGE SAID EX-PREMIER DID NOT HAVE ILL INTENT IN RICE-PLEDGING SCHEME

Prosecutors to seek review of two acquittals in rice-pledging case

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017

PUBLIC PROSECUTORS will soon finalise key legal points in an effort to seek a review of court verdicts on two criminal cases concerning the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme and fake government-to-government rice export deals.

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