The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission Office (PACC) has set up a subcommittee to probe into lower-ranking government officials in 515 cases involving the rice-pledging programme of the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
It will also prepare a guideline for investigation into alleged corruption involving pledging of all farm products, the main policy most governments have used to help farmers, PACC secretary-general Prayong Peeyajit said on Saturday.
The guideline should be ready in six months, he added.
"For the rice pledging scheme, we'll set up a subcommittee to ensure uniform treatment and standards of the investigation into the 515 cases involving [lower-ranking] officials out of all 616 cases linked to the rice-pledging programme. The panel will also make sure the cases are wrapped up in six months," he said.
The PACC is responsible for accepting complaints and probing corruption allegations against non-executive government officials or those of ranks below division directors while the National Anti-Corruption Commission handles cases against executive government officials or division directors and above, as well as local and national politicians.
The PACC is directly under the supervision of the PACC Commission and the prime minister.