Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest

By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Panu Wongcha-umBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politically persecuted.Yingluck argued the rice scheme, which backfired costing Thailand $8 billion, benefited average Thais.The scheme appealed to agricultural voters, who make up nearly 40 percent of the labor