BANGKOK: Pison Pirun, a judge in the nine-member Supreme Court panel that ruled in the case over the rice-pledging scheme against ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra case, was the only judge to rule her not guilty on the grounds that “she lacked the intention to cause loss or seek advantage she was not entitled to”.
His ruling was circulated on Wednesday, three weeks after the panel had read the majority verdict against Yingluck in absentia following her flight from the country.
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