Graft agency finds 52 cases of corruption in purchase of protective equipment

By THE NATION

 

 

The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has uncovered 52 cases of corruption in the procurement of protective equipment by local administration organisations in 30 provinces.

 

“The commission has been monitoring the procurement of Covid-19 related equipment since the early stage of the outbreak based on data submitted by the media and the general public,” Pol Lt-Colonel Wannop Somjintanakul, PACC secretary-general, said on Friday (May 29).

 

“We have appointed 15 task forces to investigate the cases at community level and are cooperating with the Internal Security Operations Command and related local agencies in discovering the truth.”

 

Of the 52 cases, PACC has already forwarded three cases to the National Anti-Corruption Commission to take legal action, ordered the cancellation of procurement in five cases, and is in the process of gathering evidence for the remainder.

 

PACC also reported that corruption in procurement of Covid-19 protection equipment often follows one or more of the following patterns:

 

1. The proposed price is higher than market price of the product at the time of purchase;

 

2. There is no evidence of price inspection process;

 

3. Bidders refuse to have the proposed price displayed in the procurement contract;

 

4. The initial contract is cancelled and then redrawn at a higher than previously agreed upon price;

 

5. Procurers are not direct sellers or manufacturers of the product;

 

6. A contract is awarded to procurers in other provinces even though local procurers offer better prices;

 

7. The contract winner is related to someone influential;

 

8. Products are procured at a higher than necessary volume, or at a price exceeding the budget;

 

9. Products are procured by state officials who have paid business operators to put their name in the contract as a procurer.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388738

 

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So they found corruption...Shock horror, what did they expect? Everything to  be above board.

So what is going to be done about it?

Probably the same as every other time corruption has been found.... Absolutely nothing.

I suggest if they have only found 52 cases in 30 provinces, they haven't been looking hard enough. You can pretty much guarantee that is has been rampant nationwide.

3 minutes ago, colinneil said:

So what is going to be done about it?

The grafted monies will be confiscated and passed on higher up the ladder most likely.

Some low level peasants will suffer the scapegoat consequences, hands will be rubbed together in glee and the taxpayer has been robbed. Again!

Until next time when it will repeat itself.

15 minutes ago, colinneil said:

So they found corruption...Shock horror, what did they expect? Everything to  be above board.

So what is going to be done about it?

Probably the same as every other time corruption has been found.... Absolutely nothing.

Wait for it....inactive posts....oh wait, can not.

18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

7. The contract winner is related to someone influential;

Could just have listed this as number one and be done with the rest

How many cases have they found within the highly toxic Thai army? Not one. Always picking on the little guy. Never on your own. 

 

22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Of the 52 cases, PACC has already forwarded three cases to the National Anti-Corruption Commission to take legal action, ordered the cancellation of procurement in five cases, and is in the process of gathering evidence for the remainder.

so out of 52 only 3 were forwarded to the NACC, 5 stopped doing business and the remaining 44 will be dismissed because they belong to people related to the government cronies

Is nothing sacred here when it comes to corruption? 

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

So what is going to be done about it?

 .... Absolutely nothing.

As my wife would say...…."How you know, farang?"

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

Is nothing sacred here when it comes to corruption? 

The short answer is..........NO !

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

As my wife would say...…."How you know, farang?"

Is that how she refers to you ?

Sounds lovely she does

I always wonder whether the issue was the existence of graft, or the direction the tea money was flowing.

 

35 minutes ago, Nsp64 said:

Is that how she refers to you ?

Sounds lovely she does

Come on that is no different to saying to your wife 'come here tits and legs' as long as you smile when you do, of course if it's not a good day you might have to leg it!

3 hours ago, Nsp64 said:

Is that how she refers to you ?

Sounds lovely she does

It's a term of endearment! She knows which side her bread is buttered on. ???? 30 years married!

Edited May 29, 20206 yr by PatOngo

11 hours ago, PFMills said:

Come on that is no different to saying to your wife 'come here tits and legs'

Guess that's better than 'Mah Bitch'!

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Graft agency finds 52 cases of corruption in purchase of protective equipment

 

Looks like someone forgot to pay the Graft Agency....

 

 

they should investigate "VISA agents", that do magic for a lot of money in combination with IO's that refuse to deliver an extension for the normal 1900 baht and/or invent reasons to ask more documents not one official website even talks about

 

nobody interested as usual

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

52 cases of corruption

Is there a zero or two missing from this figure?

Nothing trusting or trustworthy in this latest revilation, even as the machinery of government tries to reinvent itself with worthless slogans.

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has uncovered 52 cases of corruption in the procurement of protective equipment by local administration organisations in 30 provinces.

Send a memo to the PM... you promised to stop corruption. !

Fake news if ever there was !

Any gold watches found on the PACC men????

Some of you need to lift your game when referring to or talking to your wives.   Some have Forgotten how skilled with a filleting knife a Thai girl can be.  Woe is he who slights his beloved only to find in the middle of the night his cock is in the hand of she on the other side of the bedroom with a sharp knife dripping with blood in the other hand and a evil grin on her face.  And I am not talking about poultry!  ????

Edited May 30, 20206 yr by Grumpy John
Smelling

3 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

Some of you need to lift your game when referring to or talking to your wives.

Some need to lift their game when choosing their wife to begin with. 

Just read the first ten posts and decided to sack it. The same people whinging about them investigating are the same people who would be whinging if they weren't.

18 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Is nothing sacred here when it comes to corruption? 

Correct.... the higher up the tree you go the more corruption and value of it rises.

Graft, kick-backs, bribes, whatever you want to call it, it's on any contract that has the ability to purchase anything.

And on the big contracts that can add up to millions for the chosen few.

This graft corruption BS is just that. BS. No one is making them or anyone buy them. And as far as the government goes, look at what they have done. They are by far the least white colored snow on the hill. But untouchable.

Start from the top down!

Come on now. Those procurement officers have BMW and Benz payments to make.