7 hours ago, webfact said:

Among the 13 police members transferred yesterday, one was a police colonel and two were lieutenant colonels. This group of suspects also includes a commissioned policewoman. 

 

So did they get promoted, as part of their transfers, for performance above and beyond the call of duty???

 

I guess the phrase "suspended without pay pending disciplinary proceedings" has never made it into the Thai lexicon.
 

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Is this not a contradiction

Perhaps the greater contradiction is that officials were transferred under anti-graft guidelines, which came into effect yesterday. That implies that without the new guidelines, there would be no justification for accusation and transfer. It's like one uses a legal loophole (ie., lack of administrative transparency & accountability procedures) to benefit oneself, the government plugs the loophole and then charges in retrospect for a crime. I doubt such transfers would occur under civil service regulations.

 

As it's Prayut that personally ordered these transfers, he must be doing so as Chief of the NCPO and not as PM who would unlikely have such authority.

 

On 3/28/2018 at 7:28 AM, Get Real said:

transferred? If the case is a slam dunk they should be sackedand imprisoned during the time, and if the case is weak they should still be working until found guilty

U have to accept  "Thai ways" 

On 3/28/2018 at 7:36 AM, Samui Bodoh said:

He "planned to punish five officials" and they were "C7 and C8 Officials". If it is the case where you have decided to punish them, why does it have to occur later? Why not now?

 

More importantly, these are officials in the case of stealing monies from funds allocated for the destitute. Given that we have ALREADY learned that there was theft on an industrial scale throughout the Ministry and at all the locations/offices checked, the chance that the theft was conceived and implemented at the C7 and C8 level without the knowledge and consent of those higher up in the ministry is not credible. Simply put, if there was industrialized theft of State funds for the destitute ordered at the C7 and C8 level, it MUST have been approved at the higher levels as well.

 

And, if the industrialized theft of funds for the destitute occurred at the higher/highest level, they should ALL go to jail.

 

I can't blame the Junta for starting this theft; it clearly has been occurring for many years. However, if they do not take swift action and do a massive clean up, then they are guilty as hell in their own right.

 

And they should pay a price for that...

 

Is anything ever done fast enough for you? While you deplore the use of S44, you moan about a quite reasonable procedural delay.

 

Just how high a level MUST know about corruption in the lower ranks? How many degrees of separation were there between Yingluk and her Commerce Minister?

On 3/28/2018 at 6:42 PM, Srikcir said:

Perhaps the greater contradiction is that officials were transferred under anti-graft guidelines, which came into effect yesterday. That implies that without the new guidelines, there would be no justification for accusation and transfer. It's like one uses a legal loophole (ie., lack of administrative transparency & accountability procedures) to benefit oneself, the government plugs the loophole and then charges in retrospect for a crime. I doubt such transfers would occur under civil service regulations.

 

As it's Prayut that personally ordered these transfers, he must be doing so as Chief of the NCPO and not as PM who would unlikely have such authority.

 

How do you infer that new harsher penalties mean none existed before?