webfact Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Government determined to keep on fighting corruption BANGKOK, 25th September 2017 (NNT) - The government has pledged its determination to continue fighting corruption in Thailand. The spokesman to the Prime Minister’s Office, Lt. Gen. Sunsern Kaewkumnerd, said today that PM Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed security agencies to apprehend a senior police officer allegedly involved in the reported departure of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ahead of the verdict in her case involving a rice pledging government scheme conducted by her then government. Lt. Gen. Sunsern said that the PM hopes the operation will help the public receive correct information about the situation. Meanwhile, he added that Gen. Prayut also instructed related offices to actively investigate the corruption scandal surrounding several temples following the recent change of the head of the National Office of Buddhism. The PM’s Office spokesman stated that the Prime Minister has paid close attention to both cases and urged associated officials to work on them in the most straightforward and transparent manner in order for the public to know the full truth and the fact that this government is determined to clamp down on corruption. -- nnt 2017-09-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Yeah, Good luck with that. Corruption here is totally endemic and even with the best will in the world will take generations to wipe out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 28 minutes ago, webfact said: determined to keep on fighting corruption This implies they had already started... now that IS news to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 30 minutes ago, webfact said: Government determined to keep on fighting corruption Start with your own brother corruptions and then move over to the corruption in military purchases of the blimp and GT2000 while investigate the OTT spending on luxury travelling. If you have time, some self retrospecting of your unusual wealth and those of your fellow generals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Corruption will never ever be wiped out here. After trying to get building permission for 9 months, we have just upped our offer to 100K baht for a speedy approval. Even the constructor admitted that without paying under the table no construction work would ever get done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 1 minute ago, petedk said: Corruption will never ever be wiped out here. After trying to get building permission for 9 months, we have just upped our offer to 100K baht for a speedy approval. Even the constructor admitted that without paying under the table no construction work would ever get done. It is called an incentive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Friend of mine and his wife had to pay a bung to adopt a poor local kid. The adoption guy didn't care if the kid was adopted by good people or sent to an orphanage. He just wanted his cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 "Government determined to keep on fighting corruption" in certain places, not too close to home. regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 3 hours ago, darksidedog said: Yeah, Good luck with that. Corruption here is totally endemic and even with the best will in the world will take generations to wipe out. As I have said before Thailand has one of the largest "shadow" economies in the world. http://investvine.com/thailands-shadow-economy-among-biggest-globally/ Around 41% of the total Thai economy is "black". Some international economists believe that corruption in Thailand can never be cleaned up. It is the grease that allows the other 59% of the economic wheel to keep turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Ok to show the government is serious order an arrest warrant on "Boss" ............yeah right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I get the impression the purge on corruption is mainly confined to those who engage in underground corruption and fail to share their booty with others higher up the food chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Seems they really mean it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Can somebody please explain how they are fighting corruption? Corrupt people fighting corruption AMAZING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Sh1t ! I just choked on my breakfast laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 16 minutes ago, colinneil said: Can somebody please explain how they are fighting corruption? Corrupt people fighting corruption AMAZING. And claiming they are the good people lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) The spokesman to the Prime Minister’s Office, Lt. Gen. Sunsern Kaewkumnerd, said today with an initial straight face, that the Government was determined to keep on fighting corruption. While reading this statement he then started to develop a tic on his left eye lid, which then developed into a grimace. Finally, he broke down laughing and repeatedly shouted: "It's shadow boxing, folks!". We all wish him a speedy recovery. Edited September 25, 2017 by klauskunkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowboat Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 4 hours ago, webfact said: The spokesman to the Prime Minister’s Office, Lt. Gen. Sunsern Kaewkumnerd, said today that PM Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed security agencies to apprehend a senior police officer allegedly involved in the reported departure of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ahead of the verdict in her case involving a rice pledging government scheme conducted by her then government. Again there is a due process missing. They were not charged because nobody, as of yet, charged Yingluck with committing a crime. Driving a person to the border is not a crime unless she is wanted for arrest. Why not focus on due process instead of corruption first ? The beloved prime minister seems to control the law with a mere gesture of his hand. It looks as though he can have anyone arrested anytime he desires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperobi Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 One question to everyone; on the border Sadao every foreigner has to pay 200 Baht. Is it corruption? If yes, I suggest the government, begin there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Who would have thought? Don Quichote is alive and well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Lol when monkeys flight out my ass Tit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Fight?........Govt v Corruption...........my money is on an easy victory for corruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Maybe they could use quotation from John Paul Jones in revolutionary war: "I have not yet begun to fight!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Fighting corruption. Ain´t possible. All that could possibly do something are in denial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 8 hours ago, Eric Loh said: Start with your own brother corruptions and then move over to the corruption in military purchases of the blimp and GT2000 while investigate the OTT spending on luxury travelling. If you have time, some self retrospecting of your unusual wealth and those of your fellow generals. You hit the nail right on the head Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 When I was travelling on board a bus in Laos in 2001 a soldier sat next to me. I noticed he had a AK47(quite a new one) he left the gun in between our seats the little space where the gun could fit in. What really surprised me was when I saw his flip flop, yes, amazingly he was wearing those plastic flip flop which is cheaper than the rubber ones. When I asked some locals why the Lao's soldier was wearing flip flop they said the soldier had to buy his own boots. The government doesn't issue boots to soldiers. There was less corruption in Laos so the soldiers were poor, dirt poor. They could have collect some money at road block. In Thailand the soldiers and the police feel that what they are getting is an entitlement not corruption. They try very hard to save enough to buy promotion, my sympathy for them. Honesty is only for those who can afford it. A day will come when I can recognize an honest policeman in Thailand because he wears flip flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smutcakes Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 7 minutes ago, madusa said: When I was travelling on board a bus in Laos in 2001 a soldier sat next to me. I noticed he had a AK47(quite a new one) he left the gun in between our seats the little space where the gun could fit in. What really surprised me was when I saw his flip flop, yes, amazingly he was wearing those plastic flip flop which is cheaper than the rubber ones. When I asked some locals why the Lao's soldier was wearing flip flop they said the soldier had to buy his own boots. The government doesn't issue boots to soldiers. There was less corruption in Laos so the soldiers were poor, dirt poor. They could have collect some money at road block. In Thailand the soldiers and the police feel that what they are getting is an entitlement not corruption. They try very hard to save enough to buy promotion, my sympathy for them. Honesty is only for those who can afford it. A day will come when I can recognize an honest policeman in Thailand because he wears flip flop. Laos is no different to Thailand. Maybe you were just sitting next to a soldier who fancied wearing his flip flops for a long journey rather than his boots. All over South East Asia it is a very similar situation to Thailand with the militaries, to more or lesser extents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 10 hours ago, Eric Loh said: Start with your own brother corruptions and then move over to the corruption in military purchases of the blimp and GT2000 while investigate the OTT spending on luxury travelling. If you have time, some self retrospecting of your unusual wealth and those of your fellow generals. Didn't you get the memo, OTT spending on luxury traveling is off the agenda after Yingluk's VIP World Tour. and try to remember the first GT200 units were bought in 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 26 minutes ago, halloween said: Didn't you get the memo, OTT spending on luxury traveling is off the agenda after Yingluk's VIP World Tour. and try to remember the first GT200 units were bought in 2004. But but those traveling by her don't include close companions that have nothing to do with the nature of the trip. 59 units of GT 200 was first bought during Surayud tenure. The bulk of 500+ bought during Ahbisit. Porky pies again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 15 hours ago, webfact said: Credibility of Thai justice system This is great. Another big giggle to start the week. If it's corrupt it cannot be credible by definition. 11 hours ago, webfact said: The government has pledged its determination to continue fighting corruption in Thailand. Big giggle in the morning. Huge laugh in the evening. The corrupt fighting corruption. Ahhhhhh, the irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Its the second time today I have had to change my shorts as wet myself laughing, cut the funnies please as only one more clean pair left. Edited September 25, 2017 by wakeupplease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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