Tag: Rice pledging scheme
Pheu Thai party demands review of assets seizure order
The Pheu Thai party has voiced its objection against the use of Section 44 of the interim constitution to empower the Legal Execution Department...
Rice pledging scheme whistleblower has strange dreams
Former Democrat MP Varong Detkitvikrom said in his Facebook page that he had two “strange dreams” regarding the scandalous rice pledging scheme.
The first dream,...
Prime Minister says 280 billion baht in loss from the rice...
The 280 billion baht in damage caused by the rice pledging scheme of the Yingluck administration is not the final figure which is bound...
Yingluck and Boonsong are liable for 300 billion baht in loss...
The government may sue former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and associates demanding over 300 billion baht in compensation for...
Commerce Ministry expects to wipe out 10 million tonnes of rice...
The Commerce Ministry has set a target to sell the remaining 10 million tonnes of rice bought under the Yingluck government’s rice pledging scheme...
Economists: Rice pledging scheme to be corruption-plagued
BANGKOK 5 October, 2011 – Most economists believe the 2011/2012 rice mortgage scheme will pave a way for corrupt practices, according to a latest...
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