BANGKOK, Thailand – The Supreme Administrative Court today ordered former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 10.028 billion baht ($306 million) in damages related to her administration’s controversial rice-pledging scheme.
The ruling partially overturned an earlier Central Administrative Court decision that had revoked a 2016 Ministry of Finance order.
That original order had sought 35.717 billion baht from Yingluck, holding her responsible for alleged corruption and failing to prevent financial losses in the scheme.
The Ministry of Finance had appealed the Central Administrative Court’s decision. (TNA)
