Payout hastened for rice scheme ‘victims’

A special working group will be formed to speed up compensation to five injured parties in the bogus government-to-government deals under the infamous rice-pledging scheme, said Suppharoek Iam-la-o, acting director of the Marketing Organisation for Farmers (MOF), one of the affected parties.

The committee was set up to implement the ruling of the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on Sept 6 last year.

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Bangkok Post Reporter