Watchdog group seeks removal of PM, cabinet members

File photo : Mongkolkit

Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, secretary general of the National Anti-Corruption Network (NACN), petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), charging widespread corruption in the implementation of the highly-criticised scheme.

The National Anti-Corruption Network on Thursday launched a fresh attempt to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and two cabinet members from the country's administration for allegedly facilitating irregularities in the rice pledging scheme, Thai News Agency reported Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong and Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom were included in the removal list.

Mongkolkit said the NACN has sufficient evidence that implicated politicians' associates in the irregularities. He asked the NACC to investigate transparency in the rice pledging scheme and the unusual monetary movement of senior civil servants involved in the scheme.

He also asked the graft-busting agency to forward the petition to the Supreme Court Criminal Division for Political Position Holders and the Senate for consideration whether there are grounds to launch an impeachment against the premier and her two key ministers.

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