BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Thailand's state anti-corruption agency says it will investigate the assets of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and four members of her Cabinet involved in a controversial rice subsidy program.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission said on Thursday that it would set up a panel, to find out if Yingluck and the former ministers accumulated unusual wealth from the subsidized rice-purchasing program. Yingluck and the ministers have been asked to declare their assets and liabilities to the Commission between June 5th and 20th. Results of the investigation are expected to be announced by early July.
The Commission had already indicted Yingluck over charges of dereliction of duty in overseeing the rice purchasing program. It charged that she failed to heed advice that the program was potentially wasteful and prone to corruption.
The Senate could have held an impeachment trial that might have barred Yingluck from politics for five years, but the parliamentary body was dissolved by the army following a May 22 takeover.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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