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  • Yingluck says rice scheme was not victim of neglect


    Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has dismissed accusations that she turned a blind eye to graft under her rice-pledging programme, saying several panels had been set up to scrutinise the scheme.

    She was testifying before nine judges of the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders on Friday. Ms Yingluck is accused of dereliction of duty for failing to stop her government's loss-ridden rice scheme despite being warned of the potential damage.

    Ms Yingluck said anti-graft measures had been implemented intensively under the scheme. Several panels had been set up to examine the programme and to improve measures seen to be flawed in past schemes.

    The former premier said the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) charged her despite having no witnesses who could attest to where the areas of neglect occurred in the scheme and by whom.

    The cabinet set a limit of 500 billion baht for the scheme, which the government kept in check, she said.

    Insurance had been set up to cover deteriorated rice stocks, while hired warehouse owners must be held responsible for damage to stocks that occurred under their supervision, she said.

    "I did not ignore or neglect the scheme until damage occurred. Discharge of the stock was done through a panel responsible for the rice's release. The cabinet was determined to separate the power between operational and policy parties. I had not been negligent in examining rice stocks, and I performed my duty within the scope of my work," Ms Yingluck said.

    She said her cabinet proceeded with the rice scheme because it was a policy that was announced to parliament, adding that it was aimed at boosting the economy as a whole, without focusing on profit.

    The government set a pledged price at 15,000-20,000 baht per tonne of paddy to tackle chronic debts among farmers and to ensure farmers earned at least 300 baht per day, which is on par with the daily minimum wage, the former premier said.

    The administration, she said, was inclined to purchase all the grain to ensure a fair system.

    Responding to allegations that the programme distorted the rice market, Ms Yingluck said that 58% of harvested rice was pledged in the first-year scheme and reduced to 50% the following year, and that the rest could be sold by farmers to middlemen as normal.

    It was reported that her administration received 13.3 million tonnes of paddy under the pledging programme and less than one million tonnes was exported.

    http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/poli...tim-of-neglect
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    • The former premier said the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) charged her despite having no witnesses who could attest to where the areas of neglect occurred in the scheme and by whom.
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      • Yingluck defends rice scheme in high court

        http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30292284.html
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        • http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/gov...rted-facts-pm/
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          • Yingluck & Crooked Hillary belong in their respective countries Supermax!
            God, the panic within the Dems, MSM, and left must be horrifying...realizing that Joe is really the best they've got.

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            • Former Yingluck underling tells court rice scheme properly implemented

              A former deputy agriculture minister told a Supreme Court hearing Friday that the Yingluck Shinawatra government had strict measures to test the quality of rice under the rice-pledging scheme.

              Warathep Ratanakorn, who served as deputy agriculture minister and Prime Minister's Office minister in the Yingluck administration, also said that rice farmers had to be registered in order to take part in the scheme.

              He was acting as a defence witness in yesterday's hearing of the Supreme Court's Criminal Division on Political Office Holders in a case against Yingluck.

              The former prime minister, whose government was ousted from power in the May 2014 coup, has been indicted by the Attorney General's Office for alleged negligence regarding massive irregularities stemming from the scheme. The damages to the state have been estimated at over Bt500 billion.

              The court asked Warathep if the Yingluck government had measures to prevent rice from outside the country being used in the project. He said the participating farmers had to be registered and residents in their communities had to guarantee the farmers grew rice.

              He added that authorities relied on aerial images to determine whether new rice paddies were grown on plantations.

              http://www.nationmultimedia.com/brea...-30293336.html
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              • Final figures of loss from rice pledging scheme are to be sent to Finance Ministry

                http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/fin...ance-ministry/
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                • Originally posted by S Landreth View Post
                  Final figures of loss from rice pledging scheme are to be sent to Finance Ministry



                  While declining to disclose the final figures of the loss, he said that, in his capacity as the head of the committee, he did not feel heavy-hearted for doing the job as everything was done in accordance with the law and could be clarified
                  why not disclose the final figure?

                  not done to any law of democratic basis

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                  • Yingluck voices strong opposition to using Section 44 to demand civil compensation

                    http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/yin...-compensation/
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                    • CP executive denies hoarding rice in Yingluck case


                      A CP Group executive has denied that the group hoarded rice ahead of the former government's rice-pledging programme, saying that keeping some rice in stock was a normal requirement of the Commerce Ministry.

                      Sumeth Laomoraphorn, chief of the CP Group's rice business,made the statement on Friday during defence testimony in the trial of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders.

                      Prosecutors started by pointing out that some group executives were related to former ministers and some leaders of Ms Yingluck's Pheu Thai Party. Mr Sumeth said he was aware of the relationships but refused to speculate whether this was a quid pro quo.

                      They were referring to former commerce minister Watana Muangsook whose wife is a daughter of CP group executive chairman Sumet Jiaravanon.

                      To the question about whether CP hoarded rice ahead of Pheu Thai's election campaign so that it could sell the stock at high prices when the rice-pledging programme took effect, Mr Sumeth denied it.

                      He explained the group simply complied with a Commerce Ministry requirement.

                      "As we shipped 1 million tonnes of rice each year, we were required to maintain a stock of 200,000 to 300,000 tonnes, which was normal."

                      He also said that at the time all parties were campaigning to lift farm prices to help farmers, not just Pheu Thai.

                      The prosecutors also asked him whether the Yingluck government's policy to buy fertilisers, insecticides and other farm essentials to be sold cheaply to farmers later enriched the group.

                      Mr Sumeth told the court CP had sold more farm essentials at the time but he did not have the numbers.

                      He added that the rice-pledging programme aimed to help farmers and improve their living standard, so the pledging prices had to be higher than market prices. He also said high prices were not the reason Thailand slipped in the world rankings of rice exporters.

                      Before Mr Sumeth, the court heard from Chai Watcharong, a veterinarian and independent academic who disagreed with a Thailand Development Research Institute study that was used by the National Anti-Corruption Commission to indict Ms Yingluck.

                      Asked by prosecutors whether farmers bore higher costs under the programme, Mr Chai said that even though they had higher costs, they also had more output. "Importantly, although the programme encouraged farmers to speed up growing the crop, they tried to maintain quality so they could fetch higher prices for it," he said.

                      He also insisted there were discrepancies in the numbers a subcommittee set up to close the accounts had come up with.

                      In a related development on Friday, the Anti-Money Laundering Office said it would seize 7 billion baht in assets from two companies including Siam Indica in relation to allegedly fake government-to-government rice deals.

                      Ms Yingluck is being tried by the court for dereliction of duty under Section 157 of the Criminal Code for her role in the rice-pledging programme. She could face 10 years in jail if convicted, as well as hundreds of billions of baht in civil and administrative penalties.

                      http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/poli...-rice-hoarding
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                      • Legal execution department empowered to act against those breaking civil liability law.

                        PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha has invoked Article 44 of the interim charter to enable the seizure of assets of those responsible for the rice-pledging scheme.

                        Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, among others, could have their assets seized over the massive damages.

                        The Department of Legal Execution has been empowered to seize assets of state officials found guilty of breaking the civil-liability law.

                        A fact-finding committee appointed by the Prayut government concluded that the previous Yingluck government's rice-pledging scheme had resulted in losses of more than Bt200 billion in taxpayers' money.

                        According to Prayut, the Department of Legal Execution will help enforce the law to ensure that state officials face civil liability lawsuits since the Commerce Ministry has dragged its feet in pursuing the cases against Yingluck and Boonsong.

                        The deadline for filing the civil-liability lawsuits is February next year.

                        Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said other aspects of the justice process in this case remained unchanged.

                        However, the Commerce Ministry needs help because the estimated losses and value of assets in question are high.

                        Besides the rice-mortgaging scheme, the 56/2559 order issued by Prayut in his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) under the interim charter also covers the price-support schemes for cassava and maize.

                        Wissanu said each of the ministries concerned is supposed to enforce the state officials' civil liability law.

                        However, he found that the Commerce Ministry does not have personnel capable of carrying out the task, so it needs help from other agencies such as the Department of Legal Execution, which normally enforces the law after the court delivers its final ruling.

                        Wissanu said state officials found guilty under the civil-liability law could file an appeal against an executive order to seize assets with the Administrative Court, which has the authority to issue an injunction.

                        In the event of temporary protection by the court, the assets will not be seized, pending the court's final ruling. As a result, Prayut's 56/2559 order under the interim charter has no effect on the judicial process.

                        "This case serves as a lesson in enforcing the law since there is no specific agency designated for asset seizure.

                        "If the case is concerned with assets worth Bt10 million-Bt20 million, there is no problem, but the rice-pledging scheme is huge in terms of damages and asset seizures," he said.

                        He declined to say if the government is about to issue an order to seize the assets of former commerce minister Boonsong, who is also facing criminal charges for signing fake government-to-government rice sale deals in connection with the rice-pledging scheme.

                        Prayut's 56/2559 announcement also provides legal immunity to state officials involved in farm commodity sale schemes for the existing stocks of rice, tapioca and maize, in order to ensure flexible work, accelerate the clearing out of stockpiles and reduce inventory costs.

                        Kriboon Suadsong, chairman of the Public Warehouse Organisation, said the enforcement of Article 44 should increase working efficiency in releasing the large inventory of farm commodities, whose quality has deteriorated due to prolonged storage.

                        The government's inventory includes 340,000 tonnes of cassava, for which the Foreign Trade Department has sought bids from industrial users.

                        The government is also considering auctioning 94,000 tonnes of maize soon.

                        The government now has about 8.4 million tonnes of rice in storage.

                        Keerati Rushchano, deputy director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said the cassava sale will cause a loss to the country, as the pledging prices since 2009 have been higher - up to Bt7 a kilogram for cassava chips - but the bids range from 10 satang to about Bt3 per kilogram.

                        http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30295312.html
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                          • Liability panel set to rule on Yingluck fine


                            A committee on civil liability is expected to rule this week whether to seek compensation from former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for losses incurred by her government's rice-pledging scheme, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

                            Mr Wissanu said the committee's decision will be forwarded to the Finance Ministry and then the prime minister who will issue an administrative order if she is held liable to pay compensation to the state.

                            Ms Yingluck faces a hefty fine of 286.6 billion baht for losses in the rice-pledging scheme following the latest evaluation by a government panel.

                            Mr Wissanu said the ex-premier can file a lawsuit with the Administrative Court against the order and ask the court to issue an injunction as the case is being heard. But if she decides not to contest the administrative order, the Legal Execution Department (LED) will enforce the order.

                            His remark was intended to clarify an order by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) chief that grants state officials immunity from future lawsuits over their handling of stockpiles of pledged tapioca and maize, and compensation demands for losses incurred by the programmes.

                            Under the order, the LED can enforce administrative or court orders issued to demand redress for losses from apioca and maize programmes as well as rice pledged from the 2005-2006 to 2013-2014 harvesting seasons.

                            On civil liability fines against former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom over bogus government-to-government (G2G) rice deals, Mr Wissanu said the issue is being processed and would be concluded soon.

                            He said the fine against Mr Boonsong is not as high as the one faced by Ms Yingluck and the case, unlike Ms Yingluck's, falls under the responsibility of the Commerce Ministry.

                            According to the panel evaluating the losses, the former commerce minister and five former key ministry officials are liable to pay 18.7 billion baht in compensation for the fake G2G rice deals.

                            Meanwhile, LED director-general Ruenruedee Suwanmongkol said Thursday that the civil liability law allows those slapped with administrative orders to challenge them in the Administrative Court.

                            "The order is to allow the LED officials to help the Commerce Ministry seize assets. But it will take some time before that happens," she said.

                            Former Democrat MP for Phitsanulok Warong Dejkitvikrom told the Bangkok Post that five steps are involved in demanding compensation from Ms Yingluck, Mr Boonsong and his associates under the 1996 civil liability law, with Ms Yingluck's case still at the second step while Mr Boonsong's is at the third.

                            He said the NCPO's order is to complete the civil liability process, which is just about half way through.

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                              They really haven't thought this one through ....................

                              There are a host of other claims possible for damages to the state
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                              • PACC prioritises rice scheme cases

                                THE Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) will set up a minor committee and deploy all its investigation officials to work on the more than 850 cases relating to the rice-pledging scheme to expedite the process, its secretary general Prayong Preeyachit said yesterday.

                                The investigation would kick off at the end of October and was set for completion within six months, the official said.

                                The PACC commissioner would then deliver the verdicts, he added.

                                Prayong said the PACC had received more than 850 complaints related to state officials who had worked in rice warehouses during the scandalous rice-pledging scheme under the Yingluck administration.

                                He said if the PACC followed regular procedures, the process could take up to two years to complete and would unnecessarily add up the agency's work for a long period of time.

                                Similar wrongdoing in similar times would be put in the same category to hasten investigations, the secretary general said.

                                The PACC would create guidelines for its officials to use so they adhered to the same standard of investigation, he said.

                                Prayong said the agency had almost 6,000 other graft cases as well. The PACC would work on them concurrently with cases about the rice-pledging scheme.

                                scandalous rice-pledging scheme under the Yingluck administration: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30295583.html
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