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PM blames economic woes on central bank
Post Reporters, Published on 08/01/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has accused the Bank of Thailand of damaging the economy, causing troubles for the poor and small- and medium-sized businesses, by raising its policy rate.
PM looking into SET boycott rumour
Post Reporters, Published on 16/11/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says he is looking into a rumour that retail investors have threatened to pause trading on the stock market next Monday, and insists he has never interfered with the exchange.
Graft case targets PM's chief adviser
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2023
» The Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) has reportedly indicted the prime minister's chief adviser, Kittirat Na Ranong, for alleged graft in selecting a local supplier for rice exports to Indonesia in 2011.
Kittiratt faces probe over rice deal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/06/2021
» Former commerce minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong is facing a graft probe following an accusation that he failed to act on an alleged irregularity in the selection of a local supplier for rice exported to Indonesia in 2011.
NACC to announce Yingluck 'compensation' fate in September
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/07/2017
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) expects to wrap up its probe into alleged dereliction of duty by 34 former cabinet members in the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, including the ex-premier herself, by September.
PM says he won't take more jibes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2016
» In the wake of a new round of politician detentions for "attitude adjustment", Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has declared he will not tolerate politicians who have repeatedly defied the government.
Rice depreciation costs 'hit B34bn'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/02/2016
» An auditor has confirmed some of the rice stockpiles pledged under Yingluck Shinawatra's government disappeared while the depreciation cost of the grain rose, based on the programme's closure of accounts last year.
Former TDRI president slams rice scheme at Yingluck trial
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/01/2016
» The former president of the Thailand Research and Development Institute (TDRI) has accused ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra's rice-pledging scheme of failing to achieve the programme's purpose of helping small-scale farmers.
Yingluck's rice scheme trial at Supreme Court to start Jan 15
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/10/2015
» The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders has set Jan 15 for the first examination of prosecution witnesses in the trial of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for alleged negligence in her government's rice-pledging scheme.
Wissanu calls for swift decision on rice scheme-liability probes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/09/2015
» The decision over whether former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and 21 other people will be financially liable for the multi-billion-baht rice-pledging scandal must be concluded by the end of this month, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam says.