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Two high-profile figures who have spent more than 10 days behind bars have adjusted to their new environment and no longer show signs of tension, prison officials said on Saturday. 

Lawyer plans to submit third bail request as former minister’s health begins to improve.

The legal team of former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom has applied a second time for their client to get bail while awaiting the outcome of his appeal of his conviction for corruption in the controversial rice-pledging scheme.

While Yingluck Shinawatra is now safely out of reach of Thai justice, her subordinates tumble into jail

Re: “Boonsong urged to reveal details of fake rice deals ahead of review”, Politics, August 29.

Convicted former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom sought medical treatment late on Tuesday night after he developed a severe headache, which turned out to be a symptom of high blood pressure, the Corrections Department chief said on Wednesday.

FORMER COMMERCE minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who has been jailed for malfeasance of duty over the Yigluck government’s rice-pledging scheme, yesterday advised his wife to drop a charge against top officials who froze both of their bank accounts as part of the government’s civil liability lawsuit against him, said their lawyer, Narin Somnuek.

The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has postponed its verdict on alleged misconduct committed by state agencies regarding the seizure of ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom’s assets in connection with the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme.

MEECHAI RUCHUPAN, chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), has suggested that ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who has been jailed for 42 years for his role in fake rice export deals, should disclose all the crucial details of the case during an upcoming review of the Supreme Court’s sentence.

Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, who is facing a 42-year jail term for approving fake rice-export deals during the previous government’s tenure, fell ill over the weekend after spending his first days inside Bangkok’s Klong Prem central prison, his lawyer said on Monday.

THE GOVERNMENT and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) did not allow former premier Yingluck Shinawatra to flee the country, NCPO spokesman Colonel Winthai Suvaree said yesterday.

Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom, former deputy commerce minister Phumi Saraphol and five others convicted in the government-to-government rice deal case were moved from Bangkok Remand Prison to Klong Prem Central Prison on Saturday afternoon.