PM Pledges Reform After Low Corruption Ranking for Thailand

"perceived" = dreamer.

Blind Freddy can see it!

4 minutes ago, bdenner said:

"perceived" = dreamer.

Blind Freddy can see it!

The index literally measures perceived corruption, hence the name: Corruption Perceptions Index.

I knew there was the NACC but it's the first I've heard of the PACC.

Sounds like another faceless quango that's quietly filling their boots while "looking into" matters.

Says Mr Corruption himself...don't need to look further than last weekend, the elections

Thailand probably just needs better PR for their corruption. Maybe a huge media and film industry to suppress and indeed normalize it?

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The government perceives this dip as a signal of ongoing corruption concerns needing urgent attention.

Since it mostly takes places within their club, they actually might want to lower/deflect the attention. Just saying...

Yeah yeah yeah.......

Talk is cheap and corruption is ingrained. I think I know what is going to happen here.

There will be no more talk of this until next year when the index is published again and Thailand is ranked even lower

19 hours ago, NanLaew said:

I knew there was the NACC but it's the first I've heard of the PACC.

Makes you wonder what other ACCs are out there...

Gotta divvy up the corruption between everyone...

Just now, klauskunkel said:

Makes you wonder what other ACCs are out there...

Gotta divvy up the corruption between everyone...

I guess there can never be a Police Anti Corruption Committee as the Provincial graft dodgers have already snapped up the acronym.

20 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Says Mr Corruption himself...don't need to look further than last weekend, the elections

I agree- no doubt he said to prompt a deluge of brown envelopes to ensure that the donors names disappear from any list!

Totally fake news. The authorities should probe their own recruitment methods and why money is required to purchase a promotion and merit is never a consideration. Then they should investigate the administration. Then they should probe customs, immigration, all tambon, state and federal recruitment. It is all the same. Filthy from top to bottom. No promotions without payment. Corruption, at all levels. A completely broken system. 

This is just more total and complete nonsense from Anutin, who does not have a sincere bone in his body, and his rarely ever in his career has done anything to benefit the people of Thailand other than the ganja initiative.

Every single department in Thailand is corrupt from the local, to the state government, to the federal government. You cannot get a position within the government at any level, the police, customs or immigration without buying that position. Everybody knows that and fortunes are being made on a daily basis.

My woman's sister-in-law just paid 200,000 baht for a lowly 10,000 baht a month position in their local village. It's so common.

Of course this is just a silly dream, everybody's making so much money with this bizarre patronage system, when hundreds of thousands of baht are being paid for a low position and millions are being paid for a high position. The fortunes that are being made and the illegal and illicit funds that are being collected are astonishing and shameful. 

22 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

acknowledged it reflects high perceived corruption

No. It reflects high corruption. Fact. And that's just the stuff they know about.

I'm convinced he's just the right guy to oversee an anti-corruption drive. 🤣

I would just like to remind members that despite these terrible statistics, Thailand remains a perfectly fine country to invest in, and to move your life savings into.

No, really, it's fine. 😂

19 hours ago, wmorris61 said:

Yeah yeah yeah.......

Talk is cheap and corruption is ingrained. I think I know what is going to happen here.

And doesn't "Do you know who I am" prevail?

"Thailand's top court has allowed a government minister to keep his job, dismissing a bid to disqualify him over a past conviction for drug trafficking in Australia." 6 May 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57001674

"The court said it did not recognise Mr Thammanat's conviction because the verdict was delivered in Australia, a foreign country."

I think they will aim for 0 points so that Thailand can be the world hub for corruption.😀

Does this mean they will stop or start investigating the millions withdrawn from unnamed bank accounts in 100 baht notes just before Anutin's election 'victory'?

On 2/13/2026 at 4:51 AM, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul labeled the ranking as a "failing grade" and acknowledged it reflects high perceived corruption and weak transparency in the country.

I think its a little more than perceived.

The impossible dream !!!!

Pigs might fly!

What saddens me is how systemic corruption (and yes, Anutin is as gulity as anyone) has ruined the lives on so many ordinary Thai people. It is also destroying the potential for future generations, unless they are part of the ruling elite. There is a lot of talk about working for Thailand but the reality is .. they work for themselves.

He should start with.... Oops!

Probably easier and quicker to offer whoever runs the Corruption Perceptions Index a decent bung!