BANGKOK: Former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra was set to be formally indicted over a bungled rice subsidy scheme Thursday in the latest legal move against her polarising family that could see her jailed for up to a decade.
Thailand’s junta-stacked government is also considering launching a civil suit against the nation’s first female prime minister to seek $18 billion in compensation for damages caused by the scheme.
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