ROUGH JUSTICE FOR YINGLUCK

Former PM Yingluck Shinawatra has been fined 35.7 billion baht by the junta over the rice pledging scheme before the court case against her has even been concluded.

This sets a dangerous legal precedent and would suggest to most fair-minded observers that the rule of law does not really apply in Thailand and that Ms Yingluck is being victimised as a way of removing her family from politics.

While the rice scheme was clearly a disastrous policy, it has not been proved that Ms Yingluck benefited personally by as much as one baht. Many countries have similar agricultural subsidies.

Who will be brave enough in future Thai governments to launch similar schemes if they know they may end up with a huge fine? Puzzled of Pattaya