Det hon fälls för är uppenbarligen den fejkade risaffären med kinesiska staten, samma affär som gav fd handelsministern 35 år i finkan. Rätten anser att hon inte gjort tillräckligt för att stoppa den.
För själva risstödet som sådant och andra fel i genomförandet (lagerhållningen etc) anser rätten henne inte skyldig till försummelse.
"The court stated that Yingluck had been aware of corruption in G2G deals with some Chinese state enterprises because House representatives had raised the issue during their no-confidence debates and she had removed Boonsong Teriyapirom from the commerce minister's position on June 30, 2013. Boonsong supervised G2G rice deals.
However, it said, Yingluck failed to stop the delivery of rice under so-called G2G deals which let corruption in those deals continue. The failure was tantamount to dishonest dereliction of duty in violation of the Criminal Code and the anti-corruption law, which justified the five-year jail term.
The court described how the G2G deals with Chinese state enterprises - Guangdong Stationery & Sporting Goods Import & Export Corp and Hainan Grain & Oil Industrial Trading Co - enabled local rice traders to dishonestly obtain the pledged rice from her government and benefit from it.
The court also said that traders involved in previous corrupt rice trading and an assistant to a former MP from her Pheu Thai Party represented the Chinese state enterprises in the rice deals.
The court did not hold Yingluck responsible for other corrupt activities and losses related to the rice scheme, including fake reports on pledged rice as well as rice losses and deterioration, because those were the responsibilities of officials at operational levels."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1332335/yingluck-sentenced-in-absentia-to-5-years-in-prison