Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s legal team expects a court verdict in the criminal negligence case against her over the controversial rice-pledging scheme by the middle of next year, one of her lawyers said yesterday.

Noppadon Laothong, who is a part of Yingluck’s legal team, told The Nation yesterday that the trial had made good progress.

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By Kasamakorn Chanwanpen,
Kesinee Taengkhiao

TN

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