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Thai prosecutors file criminal charges against Yingluck

Xinhua, February 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thailand's attorney general on Thursday filed criminal indiction against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her government's rice subsidy scheme, a charge that is likely to bring a 10-year prison term.

Prosecutors submitted the case documents to the Supreme Court, accusing Yingluck of dereliction in overseeing a rice subsidy scheme that lost billions of U.S. dollars.

Thursday's charges came following Yingluck's impeachment by the legislature one month ago, which forces her out of politics for five years.

Yingluck stepped down from office by a court decision shortly before the military staged a coup in May, 2014 and seized power from her government. Endi