PACC secretary general Prayong Priyachit said Saturday he remained confident the investigation of all cases would be completed within six months. The PACC was also considering doing a guidebook on how to investigate cases tied to mortgages of agricultural products for officials who have to examine and collecting evidence, he said. The 986 cases the PACC is probing for malfeasance relate to state officials who worked on the rice-pledging scheme. They were said to be liable for 80 per cent of state funds lost under the scheme. The other 20 per cent of losses were blamed on former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 12, 2016 10:35 UTC