Thailand performs better on graft-busting efforts

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Thailand performs better on graft-busting efforts

By Thai PBS

 

 

The military-installed government of Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has made progress in its fight against graft in the past one year, scoring two points higher in 2017 to 37 from 2016, and upgrading the country to be on the 96th place from a total of 180 countries in the list.

 

The latest ranking of the country was released by the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) as it presented its annual corruption perceptions index on Wednesday.

 

The two points gaining from 35 to 37 for the military government’s anti graft performance raised the country’s ranking from 101st place in 2016 to 96th in the latest 2017 ranking. Thailand scored 38 points both in 2014 and 2015.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thailand-performs-better-graft-busting-efforts/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-02-22

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Slight Uptick On ‘Corruption Index’ Sees Thailand Tied With Columbia, Zambia

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

  

BANGKOK — Thailand under military rule nudged slightly upward in an annual ranking of perceived global corruption published Thursday.

 

Transparency International ranked the kingdom No. 96 of 180 countries in its global look at “perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people.”

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/02/22/slight-uptick-corruption-index-sees-thailand-tied-columbia-zambia/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-02-22

[darksidedog]

Very little to be proud of there. The ranking is still lower than it was three years ago and to rank alongside Zambia and Colombia, is a pretty sad state of affairs.

Given it was the top priority for the Junta to stamp out corruption, when they seized power, you have to give them a big fat fail.

[johng]

 

Higher numbers are better

 

[cooked]

I recently realised that corruption and lack of press freedom go hand in hand.

[Cadbury]

From the report is seems that Thailand may have closed a few doors of corruption but whether these were by accident or deliberate effort by the government who knows?

Conversely I suspect they have open up many new doors which will later reflect bad results and bring further dishonour to the country. I speak particularly of the populist hand outs of billions of baht of free money by the PM which is throwing about with great abandon and without audit or accountability or proof of outcomes.

One recently exposed instance is the money being embezzled from the "Destitute Centres". Discovered quite by accident by a junior clerk. How many of such schemes have not been exposed?

The tastiest apple of them all now on the shelf is the Thai Niyom project involving 300 billion baht. If this money is not plundered to high heaven it will come as a great surprise. But who will ever know unless someone who is not getting a cut decides to rat on the others? 

All that will be left to show from this PM Prayut popularity buying money will be a big fat nothing. Seems he has learned a lot from the previous master of populist hand-outs except he does it with taxpayer money as opposed to rorted money. 

 

 

 

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Thailand's ranking in corruption fight improves to 96

By The Nation

 

 

Efforts to curb corruption in Thailand are paying dividends, with the Kingdom’s ranking in the latest global Corruption Perception Index rising to 96 from 101 last year.

 

The index, prepared by Transparency International, ranks 180 countries and territories by perceived levels of public-sector corruption.

 

Nine key sources are used to compile the index, including the International Country Risk Guide, Economist intelligence Unit, and the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey.

 

On a scale of 0 to 100, in which 0 is “highly corrupt” and 100 is “very clean”, Thailand scored 37 this year, up from 35 last year.

 

National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) secretary-general Worawit Sukboon said Thailand’s score had dropped in three areas involving politics and democracy.

 

Its score rose slightly in three other areas and remained the same in two more, he said, while Thailand was not assessed in one area under scrutiny elsewhere.

 

The Bertelsmann Foundation Transformation Index gave Thailand a score of 37, three points lower than last year. It considers progress towards democracy and market freedom and particularly examines politics, the economy and administration.

 

Worawit said this assessment likely reflected the perception that investigations of criminal cases close to the government, case disclosure, political participation and press freedom remain weak points. He pointed out, though, that the government restored and maintains peace and order.

 

The World Competitiveness Yearbook gave Thailand a score of 43, down one point from last year. Worawit said the organisation compiled data and conducted surveys on executives to measure the country’s competitiveness, and the decreased score likely reflected ineffective law enforcement, despite many laws being amended and enacted.

 

Varieties of Democracy Project gave Thailand a score of 23, also down one point from last year.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30339448

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-22

[RichardColeman]

Here's 10,00 baht, move us up a place !

[holy cow cm]

Can't get any better with the untouchable 2 P's in charge make a mockery of do what I say but not what I do or have done. . 

[dinsdale]

[wirat69]

Useless picture without a colour code... oh, the colour means nothing given the “corruption free” Antipodes are coloured red, same as Africa and Asia!!!

[yellowboat]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He pointed out, though, that the government restored and maintains peace and order.

While creating a corrupt police state.  Such a low bar for a country that has enjoyed peace since 1945. 

[wavemanwww]

Now 96 out of 108 and they Brag about that. What a fking joke!

[Marley01]

Lock up the little fat Rolex man and the number will quickly jump another 20 positions

[Lungstib]

I can only imagine that others got even worse than Thailand did. Ask any 20 year old if he can imagine a corruption free Thailand and you will just receive a laugh and an odd look. All the way through govt, all agencies, every job of construction or purchase, police, military, teachers, land office, immigration, etc. etc. It IS the system.

[Chris Lawrence]

I have uncovered some news that Richard Milne are believed to endorse:

 

The relationships that Richard Mille forges with our brand partners revolve around creative, technical, aesthetic and ergonomic developments.
The value of such cooperation, especially with elite world champions, is priceless. The challenges that have been faced, first with Felipe Massa, then with Rafael Nadal and finally, more recently, with Bubba Watson and Benny from the Thai Government, have helped us to progress in our metier as watchmakers and have encouraged us to continue devising new concepts in mechanical technology, watchmaking aesthetics and ergonomic functionality.

 

It also goes on I believe to promote a new and improved service, franchise opportunities of owning your own watch store. What perfect timing for an embattled General.

 

 

Soon to be in a shopping centre near you. 

 

If you can't beat'em join them. A new franchise opportunity opening up for Benny and Richard Milne believed to endorse the franchise program. Based on a big clown's franchise venture.

 

Hope they do well and help to put to bed this terrible slight on the Governments effort to supply good watches to a few. The new words will be, 'no its not mine but I borrowed from the shop.

 

Done and dusted.

[Sonhia]

Yet another BS report! Who supplies the reports? Who actually checks the authenticity of the reports?

 

WATCH scandal comes to mind,  and so does CORRUPTION,

 

 

[YetAnother]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

upgrading the country to be on the 96th place from a total of 180 countries in the list

score one for people dragging the bottom

[GinBoy2]

The other graph that generally gets shown with this, although missing from this report is the performance over time.

The biggest improvement was basically the time of a least pseudo democracy up to the coup of 2006 to oust Thaksin.

Without doing the math, I suspect that if you took the ranking from that time on, regardless of military or civilian it's pretty static.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for a self proclaimed graft busting <coughs> junta.

But then again, as the old newsroom adage goes; never let the truth get in the way of a good story!