Thai anti-graft body charges ex-commerce minister over rice deal


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Jan 2015

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A former commerce minister and 20 state officials and employees of private firms will be charged for alleged graft related to rice export deals with two Chinese firms, Thailand's anti-corruption commission said on Tuesday.

Boonsong Teriyapirom, a former commerce minister, and his deputy in the government of ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, are accused of falsifying government-to-government rice deals between Thailand and China in 2013.

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