NACC investigate the assets of Ms Yingluck and five ex-ministers | Thai PBS English News
NACC investigate the assets of Ms Yingluck and five ex-ministers
in Politics | June 3, 2014
The National Anti-Corruption Commission is looking into the assets of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her five ministers to find out if there are any ill-gotten gains from the rice pledging scheme.
NACC deputy secretary-general Mr Worawit Sookboon said today (Tuesday) that the corruption watchdog had already received books detailing assets and liabilities from some of the ministers. An official will soon be appointed to be in charge of the case, he added.
Besides Ms Yingluck, the other ministers whose assets are now being examined are deputy prime ministers Kittirat Na-Ranong and Niwattumrong Boonsongphaisan, former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyaphirom and former depty commerce ministers Yanyong Puangrach and Poom Saraphol.
Meanwhile today Mr Somchart Soithong, director-general of Internal Trade Department, testified before the NACC about the operations of the rice pledging scheme as part of the probe into Ms Yingluck’s alleged neglect in overseeing the scheme resulting massive loss.