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PACC not concerned about ministry probe into officials transferred over scam

By The Nation

 

Two officials transferred out of the Khon Kaen Protection Centre for the Destitute in the wake of a corruption scandal, show up at their former workplace yesterday.

 

THE OFFICE of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has shrugged off the Social Development and Human Security Ministry’s decision to investigate three officials involved in a corruption scandal for only alleged minor disciplinary offences.
 

“That’s an internal probe and we will not interfere in it. But when our official results come out, the ministry will not be able to challenge them either,” PACC acting secretary-general Lt-Colonel Korntip Daroj said yesterday. 

 

He was speaking in response to reports that the ministry had launched a probe against three officials at the Khon Kaen Protection Centre for the Destitute over alleged minor disciplinary offences or for allegedly failing to fully comply with the ministry’s regulation on how to disburse the fund. 

 

An informed source said one of the three officials facing the internal probe felt relieved after walking out of the probe room. 

 

“I didn’t feel the pressure. The questions are very fair,” the official said on condition of anonymity. 

 

This official has maintained that she is innocent and has complained about being transferred in the wake of the scandal. 

 

The PACC has been investigating the alleged embezzlement of state funds for the destitute across the country, after a student intern at the Khon Kaen Protection Centre for the Destitute noticed suspicious activities and blew the whistle.

 

The investigation has, to date, detected irregularities in fund disbursement at 56 protection centres for the destitute and self-development settlements. 

 

PACC has already officially asked the Social Development and Human Security Ministry to take disciplinary action against 158 officials linked to the corruption scandal. Of them, 35 are directors of the centres. 

 

At present, the PACC is also looking into the alleged embezzlement of the Education Ministry’s Educational Fund for Life Development. 

 

“Next week, the inspector-general who chairs the ministry’s fact-finding committee on this case will submit evidence and witnesses to the PACC,” Korntip said. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30343515

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-04-20

[Samui Bodoh]

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

PACC has already officially asked the Social Development and Human Security Ministry to take disciplinary action against 158 officials linked to the corruption scandal. Of them, 35 are directors of the centres. 

After years of coma-like apathy, it seems like PACC has finally woken up; it is a great thing to see.

 

However, one has to ask where is the political leadership of Thailand in dealing with a scandal of this magnitude? Where is Prayut vowing to get to the bottom of the nefarious enterprise? Where is the leadership in assuring the Thai people that it will not sweep this under the rug? Where are the coup-leaders who claimed that they were acting against corruption? Where is the leadership? Where is Prayut's leadership?

 

The silence is deafening. And when there is deafening silence from political leaders regarding a corruption scandal, it usually means that they are either going to cover it up or just screw over some low-level flunky and let their friends go free.

 

Prayut wants/needs the political support of the Bureaucracy, so I assume that they will slap a few low-level people on the wrist and let the big players go free.

 

As I am deafened by Prayut's silence, I do see that he has, in deeds, words and actions, become yet another old-style politician... just like all the rest.

 

The more things change...

 

 

Edited April 19, 2018 by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee

[starky]

6 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

After years of coma-like apathy, it seems like PACC has finally woken up; it is a great thing to see.

 

However, one has to ask where is the political leadership of Thailand in dealing with a scandal of this magnitude? Where is Prayut vowing to get to the bottom of the nefarious enterprise? Where is the leadership in assuring the Thai people that it will not sweep this under the rug? Where are the coup-leaders who claimed that they were acting against corruption? Where is the leadership? Where is Prayut's leadership?

 

The silence is deafening. And when there is deafening silence from political leaders regarding a corruption scandal, it usually means that they are either going to cover it up or just screw over some low-level flunky and let their friends go free.

 

Prayut wants/needs the political support of the Bureaucracy, so I assume that they will slap a few low-level people on the wrist and let the big players go free.

 

As I am deafened by Prayut's silence, I do see that he has, in deeds, words and actions, become yet another old-style politician... just like all the rest.

 

The more things change...

 

 

Well I agree with everything but your last sentence, because nothing has changed and it seems nothing ever will. It has been this cycle of coups for many years now, and Prayut for all his dialogue was never placed in that position to be a force for change or upset the status quo. What they are trying to do IMO is set up a system where there is no longer a need for a coup because it will be a junta disguised as a "legitimate" government who will not be able to be voted out. 

 The truth is no matter how much many on here don't like it the last elected government and the ones precious to those were  popular ones. If certain people had the same privileges the junta granted themselves total amnesty, freedom from prosecution, suppression of free speech we wouldn't even be debating this.

   Hypothetically if one or two people who were currently in exile could return under the same conditions the junta employ and 2 mass rallies were held one for Prayut and one for these other persons where do you think the  vast majority of the people and their subsequent votes would be going? IMO Prayuts rally would consist of some crickets and maybe a bullfrog.

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

THE OFFICE of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has shrugged off the Social Development and Human Security Ministry’s decision to investigate three officials involved in a corruption scandal for only alleged minor disciplinary offences.

at a core level, that ministry knows that if they probed all their employees they would end up radically understaffed

[Anak Nakal]

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