Former Thailand prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra will face trial for negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme, BBC reports.
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Ex-prime minister to stand trial for negligence
Thailand's Supreme Court ordered the former prime minister to stand trial for gross negligence.
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Thailand's Supreme Court ordered the former prime minister to stand trial for gross negligence. She faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and has been banned from politics for 5 years.
Yingluck's government was toppled by a military coup after months of protest; she was retroactively impeached for her role in the rice subsidy scheme by a military-appointed legislature.
In February, Thailand's attorney general then filed criminal charges against Ms Yingluck, accusing her of dereliction of duty.
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According to reports, the rice scheme paid rice farmers in the rural areas - the Shinawatra support base - twice the market rate for their crops, in a programme that cost the government billions of dollars.
Yingluck, however denied being a part of the everyday running of the scheme's operation , saying it was an attempt to support the rural poor.
This is the latest turn in the political turbulence that began when Ms Yingluck's brother Thaksin Shinawatra was removed by a previous coup in 2006.
The family's influence however remains with parties allied to the Shinawatras winning every election since 2001.
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