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| Thailand ex-PM Yingluck faces corruption charge | Thailand ex-PM Yingluck faces corruption charge |
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| Thailand's anti-graft body has indicted ousted leader Yingluck Shinawatra over a controversial rice subsidy scheme. | Thailand's anti-graft body has indicted ousted leader Yingluck Shinawatra over a controversial rice subsidy scheme. |
| The case will now be voted on at the Senate. If impeached, Ms Yingluck will be barred from politics for five years. | The case will now be voted on at the Senate. If impeached, Ms Yingluck will be barred from politics for five years. |
| On Wednesday, the Thai Constitutional Court ordered Ms Yingluck and several cabinet ministers to step down. | On Wednesday, the Thai Constitutional Court ordered Ms Yingluck and several cabinet ministers to step down. |
| Thailand has been in political turmoil since anti-government protests erupted in November 2013. In February, snap elections were annulled. | |
| Under the rice subsidy scheme, the government bought rice from Thai farmers at a much higher price than on the global market. | |
| However, it resulted in the accumulation of huge stockpiles of rice and hit Thailand's rice exports hard. | |
| Critics said the scheme was too expensive and vulnerable to corruption. |