Government told to quickly come to farmers’ rescue

Former Democrat MP Warong Detkitpirom urged the government to quickly come to the rescue of rice farmers who are now suffering from sharp drop in rice prices.

The whistle-blower who exposed the alleged massive corruption in Yingluck government’s rice pledging scheme suggested the government to pay the rice farmers the difference between the selling rice price and the cost price to solve their liquidity problem as the top priority.

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