Anupong, Somkid vow zero tolerance for corruption

[snoop1130]

Anupong, Somkid vow zero tolerance for corruption

By The Nation

 

 

Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda and Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak vowed on Friday (July 26) not to tolerate corruption in projects under their supervision.

 

The two ministers were responding to remarks by Pheu Thai’s Mahasarakham MP Yutthapong Jarassathian, who questioned the government’s policy on prevention of corruption and suppression on the second day of the policy debate in Parliament.

 

Yutthapong told Parliament that he did not believe in the government’s policy against graft because Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha had not done anything to crack down on corruption during his five years in power.

 

Yutthapong cited alleged irregularities in the project of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department as an example. He said 80 per cent of the department budget was spent on procurement of fire engines, which were parked unused.

 

He said most of the fire engines were bought from the same company.

 

Yutthapong asked whether Anupong, who was also the interior minister in the first Prayut government, had investigated alleged irregularities in the fire-engine procurement. He said the company was suspected by the National Anti-Corruption Commission of practising bidding collusion.

 

Yutthapong also questioned the bidding process for the construction of the third phase of the Laem Chabang deep seaport, which is in the area of the Eastern Economic Corridor. The opposition MP said that while the EEC project committee is chaired by the prime minister, it was reported there were efforts to help one of the two bidding firms win the deep sea port project.

 

In his reply, Anupong said Prayut has instructed all government agencies to be strict against corruption.

 

Anupong said he would take legal action against any government official found to be involved in corruption. He insisted that no departments and state firms of the Interior Ministry had engaged in corruption during the five years when he was the interior minister.

 

Anupong insisted the fire engines were needed to fight fires and the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department had spent the normal annual budget for the procurement, whose process was transparent.

 

“We all want to have transparency. So, we must help each other. When we deliberate the budget bill and spot any repetitive item, we must point it out,” Anupong said.

 

He called on the opposition to provide him evidence of corruption so that he could take action accordingly. He told the opposition that they could charge him with dereliction of duty if he failed to take action against corruption.

 

After Anupong had finished his statement, Somkid rose to explain that the government would carefully select the winner of the Laem Chabang deep-sea port project.

 

While Yutthapong was questioning the government’s anti-corruption policy, Prayut informed the House that he needed to leave to attend a meeting with the head of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

 

Yutthapong said Prayut was skipping the debate because he could not tolerate listening to corruption issues pertaining to his government. Yutthapong’s taunt led to protests by several Phalang Pracharat MPs.

 

In his response to Yutthapong, Somkid said Prayut’s meeting with the ICAO chief had been scheduled a long time ago. He said the meeting schedule was set before the policy debate.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373738

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand  2019-07-26

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[Thaiwrath]

4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha had not done anything to crack down on corruption during his five years in power.

 

He encouraged it with his close cronies !

[djayz]

I haven't laughed this much in years!!! ????????????????????

[essox essox]

who's kidding WHO ????

[PatOngo]

Again, pathetic! You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!

[londonthai]

yes, thet decided to prosecute suthep for police stations corruption, but at the same time dropped charges against 4 pdrc core leaders.

 

and nobody talks anymore about Rajabathi Park military corruption, after several several junta men died in prison in suspicious circumstances, many run away abroad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajabhakti_Park#Allegations

 

also jailing activists demanding transparency from the army

https://prachatai.com/english/node/6869

[smedly]

26 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

nterior Minister General Anupong Paochinda and Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak vowed on Friday (July 26) not to tolerate corruption in projects under their supervision.

show your bank accounts and your current wealth and how you got it

[smedly]

yeah right - not on my "watch" right ?

 

lol

[Lungstib]

26 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

not to tolerate corruption in projects under their supervision.

So they will hand the supervision over to someone else. 

 

28 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

He said 80 per cent of the department budget was spent on procurement of fire engines, which were parked unused.

Just another typical purchase made by officials only concerned with percentage. 

I have heard it constantly for 30 years, its a never ending promise thats never fulfilled.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

38 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Anupong said he would take legal action against any government official found to be involved in corruption.

 

News flash: Thai government has zero tolerance for corruption.

 

Headline: Anyone who happens to be the 1 in the 1000 who actually get "caught" for corruption here will not be criminally prosecuted and instead will be transferred to some different government position, where they can start the process all over again.

 

[ZeVonderBearz]

41 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

80 per cent of the department budget was spent on procurement of fire engines, which were parked unused.

Yet, the north was buring for 4/5 months while Bangkok had an too many useless resourse zapping fire engines. 

[Eric Loh]

26 minutes ago, smedly said:

show your bank accounts and your current wealth and how you got it

Declared your assets like all MPs. Why hid behind that idiosyncratic ruling by the NACC allowing all 7 previous NCPO ministers not to declare their assets.

[monkfish]

They will be severely punished if caught by being transferred to the PM's office.

[Oziex1]

I believe the Thai description of corruption is, keeping your corrupt earnings to yourself or being from a group not aligned with the current government. 

[tracker1]

Prayut has instructed all government agencies to be strict against corruption. Just make sure any flows thru to the top

[sammieuk1]

Some breaking news photos of the PM wearing a 7 million baht Patex Phillippe to set Thai media on fire corruption what corruption???? 

[RotBenz8888]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

He insisted that no departments and state firms of the Interior Ministry had engaged in corruption during the five years when he was the interior minister. 

Funny. I would have thought corruption was the very foundation of the department,  along with lies. 

[mok199]

The pie is far to big , and the greedy are shamless , Thais who steal/skim/relocate/mismanage/lose etc etc funds from our childrens education system are beyond help...

[ChipButty]

Whats happened to the submarines?

[Sonhia]

Zero corruption UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION . 555

 

SO EVERYTHING ELSE DOES NOT MATTER????

 

Good luck....

[Creasy]

You’re banging your heads against a brick wall guys and wasting your time.

 

Unfortunately . Corruption is so ingrained in the Thai culture that it permeates  through the whole society.

All the way from the top down to the village cops and headmen .

 

its the land of the lost

[Cadbury]

So what happened to that rat's nest of civil service thieves who stole the money from the destitute and disabled? A slap on the wrist with a wet lettuce leaf while still holding their jobs?

Likewise the Rolls Royce plane engine scandal which was shut down for political and diplomatic reasons.

Thailand ranks 99 out of 180 countries in the Perceived Corruption Rankings. 

That result is helped along by politicians, RTP, school directors....... or to simplify the list, just about everyone involved in the administration of government funds. 

 

[mikebell]

12 hours ago, smedly said:

show your bank accounts and your current wealth and how you got it

Prawit made 6 million EVERY year for five years on a stipend of under ONE million a year.

[thequietman]

Don't make me ..........

[thequietman]

12 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Again, pathetic! You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!

Apparently, in this country ................. you can!  ????

[steve C]

13 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Again, pathetic! You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!

They can't fool anyone except themselves !

[helloagain]

13 hours ago, djayz said:

I haven't laughed this much in years!!! ????????????????????

I cant even be bothered to read it CRAP. you can first STOP CHEATING FORIENERS. Introduce the Singapore cane for corruption and beating up forieners. I could say so much more..... 

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Prawit made 6 million EVERY year for five years on a stipend of under ONE million a year.

A shrewd investor and his wife plays bingo

[Dukeleto]

13 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Again, pathetic! You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!

Apparently in Thailand...you can!

[terminatorchiangmai]

13 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Again, pathetic! You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all the time!

I think you wrong here and the politicians know it.

You can fool people all the time.