The Supreme Court has fined two of Yingluck’s supporters 500 baht each for staring at public prosecutors during the trial on the rice pledging scheme corruption case.
On 19 January 2017, judges of the Supreme Court ruled to fine ML Mingmongkhon Sophonkul, an aristocartic director and writer, and Tas Wanpharuehat 500 baht each.
The two were accused of intimidating public prosecutors and causing disorder at the courthouse on 7 October 2016. The pair had been attending the hearing on cases of corruption against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra related to the implementation of her government’s rice pledging scheme.
The public prosecutors filed a case against the two, saying that both attempted to intimidate them by staring during the break of the trial.