Picture: Siam Rath

 

Thailand's Anti Money Laundering Office along with several other agencies are getting their teeth into a case of corruption that features many senior officials in the Nakhon Ratchasima health department.

 

The house of a man called Santi was searched on a warrant yesterday as were four other places.

 

The case is being expanded and investigators expect to uncover how 12 million baht was defrauded.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Yesterday a vehicle and cash worth 1.2 million baht was seized along with a quantity of jewelry.

 

The organisations used powers of seizure for a temporary period of three months as the investigation intensifiesm reported Siam Rath.

 

The scandal is causing much comment in medical circles in the north eastern city.

 

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You get used to it over time but it really is soul-crushing and revolting.

Just imagine how many hundreds of millions of dollars are siphoned off every year from the public purse by politicians and government officers....

 

The Thai public sector - the best advert for privatisation ever.

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The case is being expanded and investigators expect to uncover how 12 million baht was defrauded.

I'm going out on a limb here, and it's just an assumption and by no means a fact, but... could it be there was no independent oversight?

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The case is being expanded and investigators expect to uncover how 12 million baht was defrauded.

Anywhere where money is involved it goes hand-in-glove with corruption.