BANGKOK — Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra went on trial on Friday over a costly rice subsidy policy that could see her jailed for a decade, as the ruling junta seeks to ward off a political comeback by her family.Ms Yingluck, Thailand’s first female premier, was booted from office by a court days before army chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha seized power in May 2014.She faces charges of negligence over a multibillion-dollar rice subsidy scheme that paid farmers up to twice the market rate for their crop.Critics say the scheme cynically tapped state coffers to prop the Shinawatra’s political base, incubated corruption and resulted in huge rice stockpiles.But Ms Yingluck remains popular and was greeted by dozens of supporters at court, some in red shirts, carrying roses and shouting "we love Yingluck".They gathered in defiance of a ban on political meetings by a junta that has cracked down hard on Shinawatra loyalists.Ms Yingluck told supporters she was "confident" of being vindicated b...
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