Thailand fines former PM $1 bn over failed rice scheme
Thailand's ousted PM Yingluck Shinawatra has revealed that the military-controlled government has ordered the seizure of her assets and fined her nearly $1 billion (around ₹6,600 crore) over a rice subsidy scheme. The scheme reportedly caused losses of billions of dollars and was engineered by Yingluck's brother, another former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in the country's 2006 coup.