PACC proposes ministry punish 96 officials over irregularities at protection centres for destitute

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PACC proposes ministry punish 96 officials over irregularities at protection centres for destitute

By The Nation

 

PACC secretary-general Korntip Daroj

 

The Public Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) on Tuesday proposed that the Social Development and Human Security Ministry should punish 96 state officials allegedly involved in irregularities found at dozens of scandal-tainted provincial protection centres for the destitute.
 

Under the proposal, the officials would be subject to disciplinary punishments ranging from transfer, dismissal with pension to dismissal without pension.

 

The PACC investigation against the 96 accused found links to three high-ranking officials who had worked at the ministry in 2017, one current official at the ministry and another retired official.

 

The commission will also submit the names of these five high-ranking officials for the ministry to probe, and to the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission for its own investigation, PACC secretary-general Korntip Daroj said.

 

Korntip also reported that the PACC investigation had covered 56 out of the total of 76 provincial protection centres nationwide.

 

So far, 34 of the first batch pf 37 centres are confirmed to have been subject to graft, while the other three – in Sing Buri, Prachin Buri and Nakhon Si Thammarat – are being rechecked because, despite no misappropriated allowances having been found, they may have been affected by other forms of corruption, he added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30342367

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-04-03

[kannot]

but no jail...........total crap

[Eric Loh]

Dragged those sorry <deleted> to court. No

more soft punishments like transfer or dismissal. They deserved jail time; those despicable cheaters. 

[observer90210]

Thank god they did not start nosing around into the lifestyles or bank accounts of all the officers in a police station randomly choosen.. !!!!

[thaiguzzi]

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Under the proposal, the officials would be subject to disciplinary punishments ranging from transfer, dismissal with pension to dismissal without pension.

And in the sidebar, a new news topic is "NCPO confirms determination to fight corruption"....

No mention of asset stripping or actual jail time.

You just could not make this stuff up.

[mok199]

this is the time to do a line up with the famous ''finger pointing'', show the faces of the real enemy

[Misterwhisper]

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

Under the proposal, the officials would be subject to disciplinary punishments ranging from transfer, dismissal with pension to dismissal without pension.

New cases of mind-boggling corruption in the government sector come to light on an almost daily basis, and the PACC merely "proposes" that the perpetrators be punished.

 

Not only that, but as "punishment" the PACC honestly has the gall to suggest inhumanely harsh measures such as, for instance, "dismissal with pension".

 

But go pick mushrooms in a forest and you are sentenced to 15 years.

[Ossy]

Shine on . . . 96, 76, 56, PACC, NACC . . . talk about confusing the enemy. Here's another blatant distraction to help smooth the way for the 'disappearance' of last month's 'biggy', the 50-odd destitute-aid centres that had clearly misunderstood or misinterpreted how they should distribute the cash. Misunderstanding's not illegal, is it? . . . it won't be in another week or two. And there'll be a few hundred 'lucky jackpot'-winning officials jetting-off to the Seychelles - or somewhere equally fag-free - until the Songkran madness passes over. Can you picture them, lying on the beach, wondering where their next graft will come from? Poor sods.

[Lungstib]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

they may have been affected by other forms of corruption,

As its the year long, habitual disease of bureaucratic officials in the Kingdom you can bet your bottom dollar they have been. Not discovered does not equate to innocent. 

[webfact]

PACC seeks action against 96 officials

By The Nation

 

PACC secretary-general Korntip Daroj

 

PROBE SHOWS LINKS TO EMBEZZLEMENT OF DESTITUTE-CENTRE FUNDS

 

THE PUBLIC Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) yesterday proposed that the Social Development and Human Security Ministry punish 96 state officials allegedly involved in irregularities at dozens of provincial protection centres for the destitute. 

 

Under the proposal, the officials would be subject to disciplinary punishments ranging from transfer to dismissal with pension or dismissal without pension.

 

The PACC investigation against the 96 accused found links to three high-ranking officials who had worked at the ministry in 2017, one current official at the ministry and another retired official. 

 

The commission will submit the names of these five high-ranking officials to the ministry for its investigation, and to the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for a separate inquiry, PACC secretary-general Korntip Daroj said.

 

Korntip also reported that the PACC investigation had covered 56 out of the total of 76 provincial protection centres nationwide. 

 

So far, he said, 34 of the first batch of 37 centres were confirmed to have been subjected to graft, while the other three – in Sing Buri, Prachin Buri and Nakhon Si Thammarat – were being rechecked. Although no misappropriated allowances had been found at the three centres, they may have been affected by other forms of corruption, he added.

 

The 34 centres where graft allegedly occurred were: Khon Kaen, Chiang Mai, Bung Karn, Nong Khai, Surat Thani, Sara Buri, Ayutthaya, Trat, Udon Thani, Nan, Krabi, Trang, Sa Kaew, Roi Et, Phatthalung, Chumphon, Chaiyaphum, Surin, Phitsanulok, Maha Sarakham, Lamphun, Nakhon Ratchasima, Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Yasothon, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Phanom, Kalasin, Yala, Samut Songkhram, Phichit, Ratchaburi and Loei.

 

The PACC board has resolved to file charges against 15 of the provincial centres, while it was considering what to do in the case of another seven centres, and fact-finding reports were being compiled on the remaining 12 centres.

 

Korntip added that the PACC was further investigating 22 centres and conducting fact-finding in another 17 centres. 

 

Korntip also reported that the agency was conducting additional fact-finding on five self-help settlement centres, being Khon Kaen’s Ubolrat Dam centre, Udon Thani’s Chiang Pin centre, Buri Ram’s Ban Kruad centre, Udon Thani’s Huai Luang centre and Satun’s Southern Development centre. The cases against three of these centres would be forwarded to the NACC, he said. 

 

The PACC focuses on corruption cases involving low-ranking officials, while the NACC handles corruption cases involving politicians and high-ranking officials.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30342397

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-04-04

[Samui Bodoh]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

THE PUBLIC Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) yesterday proposed that the Social Development and Human Security Ministry punish 96 state officials allegedly involved in irregularities at dozens of provincial protection centres for the destitute. 

 

Under the proposal, the officials would be subject to disciplinary punishments ranging from transfer to dismissal with pension or dismissal without pension.

While I am glad to see that some bureaucrats are being accused and readied for punishment, I am rather confused.

 

If I were to go to 7-11 and steal money from the cash register, I would (rightly) be branded a thief and likely go to jail. These bureaucrats stole money allocated for the destitute in Thailand, yet going to jail is not one of the punishments being considered. Why is this theft being considered as something 'less' than theft?

 

In my view, theft by a State Employee is worse than theft committed by an non-state employee. They not only stole, they also broke the public trust given to them.

 

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

The PACC investigation against the 96 accused found links to three high-ranking officials who had worked at the ministry in 2017, one current official at the ministry and another retired official. 

 

The commission will submit the names of these five high-ranking officials to the ministry for its investigation, and to the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for a separate inquiry, PACC secretary-general Korntip Daroj said.

This is the most worrisome aspect to the entire scandal. 

 

The NACC, fresh from NOT acting in the matter of General Rolex, is unlikely to act in this matter as the accused (high-level bureaucrats) are needed by the 'Greens' as political allies. At a time when the 'Greens' are seeking allies in the bureaucracy to stay in power, a prosecution of senior bureaucrats is extremely unlikely.

 

The military stated that they staged their coup to "clean up corruption". It is clear that the onset of this scandal pre-dates the coup but this inaction and lack of effort at cleaning it up makes a mockery of their claims.

 

To sum up, the criminals will likely be let go in the name of political expediency, as usual.

 

A final reminder; the theft here was of funds allocated for Thailand's destitute. People who steal from the destitute are a special kind of evil, and if there is an afterlife I hope they burn in hell.

 

[Lupatria]

I wonder how much one has to pay to fetch an 'inactive post' these days and who is forking in on that in the land of Nothing-for-free.

[phil2407]

Thailand - time to grow up 

pointless commitee suggesting this to another commitee 

get the accused arrested and let them prove they’re innocent in court 

as for Mr Junta leader he’s been silent about all of this - especially “allegedly”  as some involved were placed in 2017  and that’s on your watch (no pun intended) and you promised to rid your own country of graft 

ain’t seeing no evidence of that!! 

[phil2407]

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Edited April 4, 2018 by phil2407
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[sammieuk1]

Looks like a 5 holed panther has more teeth again.

Edited April 4, 2018 by sammieuk1