Former Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra will be well tried for negligence by the Supreme Court. The trial will begin on May 19, just days before the first anniversary of the which was driven from power. If found guilty of negligence for its rice subsidy program, it risks ten years in prison.
The Office of the Attorney General explained that "after consideration of the complaint filed by the present government, the case fell within the jurisdiction of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court in charge of the politicians."
In January, Yingluck Shinawatra has been banned from politics for five years by the National Assembly.
She has always defended its policy of subsidies to rice farmers, a subsidy, she said, needed to help poor farmers who historically received little help from the government.
People in rural strongholds, the program proved economically disastrous and left the country massive stocks of unsold rice.
Since taking power last May, the army has stepped up legal action against supporters of Yingluck, including under the controversial law of treason.
Thailand, deeply divided between pro and anti-Shinawatra, is facing a "recurring political crisis" since the 2006 coup against his brother, .
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