Thailand freezes former PM Yingluck’s bank accounts in rice subsidy case

July 25, 2017 12:13 AM

BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s justice ministry froze some of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s bank accounts, the ministry and her legal team said on Monday (July 24), in relation to a US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) fine imposed by the ruling junta over her administration’s rice-subsidy programme.

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