Yingluck misses graft hearing on rice scheme
Deputy PM Surapong to appeal to UN to broker end to crisis
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[BANGKOK] Thailand's premier skipped an anti-corruption panel hearing yesterday into negligence charges that could lead to her ousting, as her government turned to the UN for help in resolving a deadly political crisis.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has protested her innocence, sent her legal team to acknowledge the allegations linked to a flagship rice farm subsidy scheme, as she toured her political stronghold in northern Thailand.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) which filed charges against Ms Yingluck earlier this month, says that she ignored warnings that the rice scheme was fostering corruption and causing financial losses.
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