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NACC accuses Yingluck in court of wasting B240m

Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra greets supporters as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok in August 2017 for her closing statement in her rice-pledging case. She later fled the country before the final ruling was handed down. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The National Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday indicted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and others in the Supreme Court for allegedly wasting a 240-million-baht budget on publicising infrastructure projects in 2013.

At the Supreme Court, the NACC accused Yingluck as the first defendant, former deputy prime minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan the second, Yingluck's then secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva the third, Matichon Plc the fourth, Siam Sport Syndicate Plc the fifth and its director Ravi Lohtong the sixth.

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