Friday, May 08, 2015

#THAILAND: Frmr Gov't Officials Removed From Nat'l Assembly For Fake Rice Deals

[world politics news]


Three former cabinet-level officials have been overwhelmingly stripped of their positions as members of the National Legislative Assembly after it was revealed that, when in office, they masked government-to-government rice deals as "exports" to boost export figures. They were retroactively removed from office and banned from politics for five years under the provisions of the interim constitution.

Pictured: Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, left, and former deputy commerce minister Poom Sarapol of the past Yingluck Shinawatra administration were retroactively removed from their positions on Friday.

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