A 2016 order made by the Finance Ministry for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 35.7 billion baht (RM4.1bil) in compensation for losses incurred by a money-losing rice farming subsidy programme that her 2011-2014 administration launched, has been annulled by a court here.
The country’s Central Administrative Court said the 2016 payment order lacked a legal basis since Yingluck was not responsible for the alleged corruption because it was carried out operationally by other officials. The court said the Finance Ministry failed to prove Yingluck was directly responsible for the financial losses.