Anti-corruption body reveals personal finances of 80 MPs

By The Nation

 

 

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Friday (September 20) reported the personal finances of 80 members of the House of Representatives, 79 of whom were signed in after the March election, and one of whom recently resigned from the position.

 

 

Notable MPs whose assets and debts were revealed today include Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of Future Forward Party (FFP); Pannika Wanich, the FFP spokesperson, Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, the FFP secretary-general; Parina Kraikup, an MP of Phalang Pracharat Party from Ratchaburi province, and Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, a party list MP and leader of Thai Civilized Party.

 

 Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376463

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-09-20

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Bit of a useless article without some info of the actual disclosure amounts and/or land holdings.

Edited September 20, 20196 yr by MRToMRT

No its discloses "SOME" of  their  finances but I doubt very  much in any way all of it.

Was 'watchman' on the list?

I think you can more or less guarantee "The untouchables" were not part of the 80.

Why not reveal the <deleted> lot, as doing just 80 makes a complete mockery of the report.  

 

is there any sensible reason as to why Prayut and Prawit are exempt from giving their financial details?

 

7 minutes ago, nikmar said:

is there any sensible reason as to why Prayut and Prawit are exempt from giving their financial details?

 

Just a guess - they are not elected MPs?

I want to see the worth of the majority of kanchanaburi officials! Some of them purposely drive beaten up cars but they have frightening amounts of land all of which originally was public/forest/army land. Some of these people are on an 8k a month wage yet just built million plus houses on multiple plots of land and are travelling overseas every couple of months. Disgusting!

15 minutes ago, nikmar said:

is there any sensible reason as to why Prayut and Prawit are exempt from giving their financial details?

 

The whole unholy bunch of previous junta ministers are excluded to declare their assets by their own NACC.

 

 The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has reported that the Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, and several cabinet ministers who worked in the previous government are not required to submit new declarations of assets and liabilities to the commission. 

5 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The whole unholy bunch of previous junta ministers are excluded to declare their assets by their own NACC.

 

 The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has reported that the Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, and several cabinet ministers who worked in the previous government are not required to submit new declarations of assets and liabilities to the commission. 

Jesus, you have to hand them a tiny bit of praise. They have made themselves completely untouchable. 

With foreign bank accounts and all?

Its already taken care of. When you click on the link in the story: 

 

24 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Its already taken care of. When you click on the link in the story: 

 

Yes, I noticed that, Klaus (above). How very convenient. Not that anything truly revealing would be disclosed anyway - or even if it were, it would not affect the junta in the slightest.

They are in situ for all eternity (unless the Thai ACT ...).

59 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The whole unholy bunch of previous junta ministers are excluded to declare their assets by their own NACC.

 

 The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has reported that the Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, and several cabinet ministers who worked in the previous government are not required to submit new declarations of assets and liabilities to the commission. 

This is because they have already disclosed.

 

Thanathorn is now the richest at 5.6 billion baht.

 

Edited September 20, 20196 yr by MRToMRT

1 hour ago, nikmar said:

is there any sensible reason as to why Prayut and Prawit are exempt from giving their financial details?

 

Watch this space.

They place it all in their childrens, wifes, nieces, nephews names with whom government contracts are awarded etc..  These audits prove little and catch little fish.

37 minutes ago, MRToMRT said:

This is because they have already disclosed.

 

Thanathorn is now the richest at 5.6 billion baht.

 

They did? Please share the link of Prayut and Prawit's wealth. 

3 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Was 'watchman' on the list?

...I doubt it, as he had some help from his dead friend to hide his wealth.

39 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

They did? Please share the link of Prayut and Prawit's wealth. 

Prajuths wealth had been published back in 2014. Then it was 4.06 Mio. USD. Should be double by know.

6 minutes ago, fxe1200 said:

Prajuths wealth had been published back in 2014. Then it was 4.06 Mio. USD. Should be double by know.

More like double every year. Ever more the reason why he is not disclosing like all other elected MPs with a little help from the friendly NACC. 

So? where's the big list of where all the money is?

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

More like double every year. Ever more the reason why he is not disclosing like all other elected MPs with a little help from the friendly NACC. 

The system follows a set of rules whereby the first disclosure is made public (but not always in a very public way - indeed if journalists had not see the current list on the board it was pinned to for a period of X days, it would have been removed and not necessarily have been publicly viewable after that ) its also published when the role in public service is completed. The interim yearly disclosures are to the NACC for them to vet for unexplained increases but not made public.

Many governments have a similar system but do not "publish" publicly. They all should IMHO, anyone in public service (incl civil servants) above a minimal rank should. I worked in the civil service for a few years, and had to conform myself (but not publicly disclosed due to privacy laws in the country I worked).

5 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Was 'watchman' on the list?

he's already been ticked off

5 hours ago, nikmar said:

is there any sensible reason as to why Prayut and Prawit are exempt from giving their financial details?

 

it's all about an inability

to Tell the Truth, the Whole truth, and Nothing But the truth...

7 hours ago, fxe1200 said:

Prajuths wealth had been published back in 2014. Then it was 4.06 Mio. USD. Should be double by know.

He also transferred over $14m to his daughters.

what is the fine for not reporting ?  50k ?  but if you "earned" 50M , a drop in the ocean

Rumour has it that he as a champion of corruption reform will voluntarily declare his assets and instruct his ministers to follow suit. I was only kidding ????????

Wow, being a Thai Army General really pays well doesn't it? I didn't realise Thai Army pay was so generous, especially for an army that only ever fights it's own citizens so no element of personal danger either. 

21 hours ago, nikmar said:

is there any sensible reason as to why Prayut and Prawit are exempt from giving their financial details?

 

They have exempted themselves according to Thai reports nothing to hide just above the law????

There is no transparency in Thailand and integrity is missing. Adds up to deception, lies and corruption