Thai Court Orders Ex-Premier Yingluck to Pay $306 Million Fine, Reports Say
A Thai court ordered former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay a 10.03 billion baht ($306 million) fine for losses incurred under her administration's controversial rice purchase program over a decade ago, according to local media reports.
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that Yingluck, who is Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's aunt, must pay the penalty because her carelessness had caused the state financial damages, Thai-language newspaper Khaosod reported on Thursday. The ruling, which is final and cannot be appealed, overturned a lower court's verdict from 2021.
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