BANGKOK: A Thai court on Friday heard that farmers routinely lied about their rice harvests to claim lavish subsidies offered by Yingluck Shinawatra’s toppled government, a policy that galvanized protests against her.
The former prime minister is on trial for criminal negligence over the scheme and could face a decade in jail if convicted.
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