Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and former
prime
minister Somchai Wongsuwan arrive at the
Criminal Court on Tuesday morning to
file abuse of
authority charges against the attorney general and three
prosecutors handling the rice scheme corruption brought
case against her.
(Photo by Apichart Jinakul)
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday
sued attorney-general
Trakul Winitnaiyaphak and three
other prosecutors in the Criminal Court for
alleged abuse
of power in handling the case against her in connection
with her
government's controversial rice-pledging scheme.
Sakhakorn, Surasak Treerattrakul and Kittinan Thatpramuk
of violating Sections 83, 157 and 200 of the Criminal Code,
causing damage to others in their handling of the case
against her in the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for
Holders of Political Positions.
Ms Yingluck was accompanied by former prime
minister
Somchai Wongsawat and lawyer Sommai Koosap when
she arrived at the
court this morning.
In the lawsuit, Ms Yingluck said there were
three contentious
points in the case against her. These involved the
rice-pledging
scheme, the alleged dereliction of duty, and the
alleged
corruption.
The
attorney-general had failed to further investigate these points
as required by the Criminal Procedures Code
for holders of
political positions, thus putting her at a disadvantage.
Instead,
the attorney-general decided to indict her in the Supreme
Court only
one hour before the National Legislative Assembly
voted to impeach her, Ms Yingluck said.
She further stated that in the indictment
the prosecutors said
she knew there were corrupt practices in the scheme, and
allowed
them to continue. This accusation was made by the
prosecutors, in addition to
what the NACC originally stated
in its investigation report, she said.
Moreover, during the
court procedure, the prosecutors submitted an additional
60,000 pages of documents for inclusion in the case.
These
documents had not been used in evidence during the investigation by the NACC
and a subsequent joint task force comprising the NACC and prosecutors, Ms
Yingluck. This was illegal, she alleged.
After filing the case, Ms Yingluck said she
was exercising
her right to defend herself.
The
NACC last year petitioned the NLA to impeach Ms
Yingluck,
accusing her of dereliction of duty while prime minister in
failing
to stop corruption and massive financial losses in her
government's
rice-pledging scheme.
On Jan 22, the NLA voted to impeachMs
Yingluck. As a result,
Ms Yingluck has been banned from political office for
five years.
On
the same day, before the NLA's impeachment vote,
Mr Trakul, the attorney-general,
announced his decision to
indict her in the Supreme Court's Criminal Division
for
Holders of Political Positions over the rice-pledging scheme,
as requested
by the NACC.
The NACC concluded that the implementation
of the rice
scheme from 2011 to 2014 resulted in a posted loss
of 518
billion baht, meaning about 200 billion baht per year, and
the state
would take about three decades to repay the debts
resulting from the loss
incurred using the taxpayers' money.
News,Politics,Bangkok
Post, 29 September 2015.
Ms Yingluck faced contentious points in the case against her,
these involved the rice-pledging scheme, the
alleged dereliction
of
duty, and the alleged corruption.
The reported loss of the rice scheme from
2011 to 2014 resulted
in a posted loss of 518 billion baht, meaning about 200
billion
baht per year, and the state would take about three decades
to repay
the debts resulting from the loss incurred using the
taxpayers' money can show and tell everyone more what
happened in
the process of rice scheme in doing her duty
as the prime
minister.
Believe in good justice from the court.
Hope for zero corruption in the future.
Sincerely Yours.
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