Corruption In Thailand Worse Than China&india

[chao]

Corruption in thailand is worsening,according to Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index.

The junta cited corruption as one of the reasons to topple the Taksin regime,one year on,i only see the corruption becomes more rampant.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/2332...ansparency_says

Corruption prevalent in Asia-Pacific region, Transparency says

Berlin (ANTARA News) - Corruption remains a serious challenge in the Asia Pacific region, global watchdog Transparency International said in releasing its annual corruption perceptions index Wednesday.

New Zealand was the "cleanest" of the 32 countries on the list for Asia and Pacific, while troubled Myanmar was at the bottom, according the survey released simultaneously in Berlin and London.

The 2007 report lists 180 nations on a scale from zero (highly corrupt) to 10 (highly clean) based on a composite index from surveys compiled by experts and business sources over the past two years.

Out of the 32 countries ranked from the Asia-Pacific region, 22 registered scores below 5, indicating that most of the countries in the region faced serious perceived levels of domestic corruption, the index showed.

Among the countries with a significant worsening of scores are Bhutan, Laos and Macau.

"The increase in the perceived levels of corruption in these countries highlights the need for governments to engage more actively with civil society in fighting corruption," Transparency was quoted by DPA as saying.

Papua New Guinea and Thailand also saw an increase in the perceived levels of domestic corruption, it added, blaming poverty as one of the main reasons for bribery and graft.

Thailand slipped back from 11th place to 14th in the Asia-Pacific index and from 63rd to 84th in the overall 180-nation world index.

Papua New Guinea slumped from 20th to 26th and from 130th to 162nd on the global list.

Indonesia

Indonesia, which shared the same placings with Papua New Guinea last year, dropped to 25th on the regional index and to 143rd overall.

The Philippines slumped from 18th to 20th on the regional list and from 121st to 131st overall.

Singapore followed New Zealand as the cleanest country on the Asia-Pacific list and moved up one spot from 5th to 4th on the overall index.

India remained in 12th place on the regional list and shared 72nd spot with China overall. (*)

[jumnien]

Please be patient. The coup mongers on the forum are busy working on a spin to this corruption thing that will place all blame on Thaksin and exonerate the junta.

[Naam]

Please be patient. The coup mongers on the forum are busy working on a spin to this corruption thing that will place all blame on Thaksin and exonerate the junta.

whereas the Thaksin supporters will claim that corruption in Thailand started with the junta

[El Taco Loco]

I am surprised that Thailand is more corrupt than Mexico. When I worked there, every other right turn there is a cop with his hands in my car window demanding money. I don´t get that here, unless I, cough cough, break the law.

[lazeeboy]

I am surprised that Thailand is more corrupt than Mexico. When I worked there, every other right turn there is a cop with his hands in my car window demanding money. I don´t get that here, unless I, cough cough, break the law.

i dont think anyone is surprised by the corruption in thailand ,its part of thai culture now .

[soundman]

I am surprised that Thailand is more corrupt than Mexico. When I worked there, every other right turn there is a cop with his hands in my car window demanding money. I don´t get that here, unless I, cough cough, break the law.

Corruption is, how shall I put, usually handled with a little more discretion in Thailand.

[howtoescape]

Most the top end corruption is paid for and funded by Multi national companies. If you dont pay police a liveable wage then you are going to get corrupt officilas

A perfect example of not being corrupt in England yet using loopholes to sneak money from tax payers by socialist politicians can be viewed here -

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770

and here - http://regionalnews.bnp.org.uk/bnp-south-e...update_187.html

and here - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article...hole/article.do

Edited September 28, 2007 by howtoescape

[Graphics]

Corruption here is seen to the most of the most

[solo siam]

Corruption in thailand is worsening,according to Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index.

The junta cited corruption as one of the reasons to topple the Taksin regime,one year on,i only see the corruption becomes more rampant.

Whats he gonna buy with $73.

This index is on the perception of corruption, Most of the dodgy Thaksin deals are only recently being investigated and reported on.

[londonthai]

same discussion here since yestarday

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...hl=transparency

as to thailand - being on 84 place from the least corrupted countries (out of 173 countries) is not bad. Maybe the situation worsened within the last year (predictable - lack of public and media scrutiny) but for very long up to some just 10 years ago thailand use to be in the top 10 most corrupted countries and to gradually get lower in this list.

Edited September 28, 2007 by londonthai

[blizzard]

for us foreigners los is great in part becoz it is corrupt.........hmm

[ThaidleHands]

Corruption in thailand is worsening,according to Transparency International's 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index.

The junta cited corruption as one of the reasons to topple the Taksin regime,one year on,i only see the corruption becomes more rampant.

Whats he gonna buy with $73.

This index is on the perception of corruption, Most of the dodgy Thaksin deals are only recently being investigated and reported on.

$73 will get you at least a half-dozen dropped cigaret butts or other minor infractions, so long as you don't insist on a reciept. And that's rather the point, at least with regard to the nations on the the lower part of the scale: corruption becomes endemic and eventually reaches into every aspect of life in one way or another.

[a2396]

What is PERCEPTION of corruption vs actual corruption. This is not an issue that is easy to quantify. Thailand worse than Mexico?? NO WAY. Where's the list of the rest of the South American and African countries? I would guess Thailand is in the top 25% of non-corrupt nations, when the complete list is shown.

[chao]

What is PERCEPTION of corruption vs actual corruption. This is not an issue that is easy to quantify. Thailand worse than Mexico?? NO WAY. Where's the list of the rest of the South American and African countries? I would guess Thailand is in the top 25% of non-corrupt nations, when the complete list is shown.

Click Here,you will get all the relevant information,and you may find its 'Q&A' is helpful too.

Edited September 28, 2007 by chao

[realthaideal]

We're also collapsing white collar corrupt and blue collar corrupt here. There's the cop who pockets an illegal street crossing fine here n there, then there's the guy who makes the bricks for the sidewalk that gets redone every year even though the Thais don't even use the sidewalks. But the mayor has a friend who makes the bricks and so on and there's the yearly contract and the constant shoveling of dirt, planting flowers, and laying bricks.

Then I come from a magical less corrupt land that somehow managed to spend/ disappear 30 billion of the 43 billion dollars left in the Int'l coffers of Iraq b4 the handover of power a couple years back. The BBC report "where Did the Money Go?" or something to that effect was incredible. Never aired in the US. Entire rolling palates of $$ were just handed over to contractors to spend what could be spent b4 it fell under other's auspices. And of course the contractors were all in bed with members of the government.

Who's got worse corruption and at what level, I don't know how to say. It's always the haves trying to keep the good stuff away from the have-nots.

[paulsmithson]

Thailand is making serious efforts to cut corruption and my experiences her only confirm that view.

I have only once been stopped for sppedin and charged 200 baht-and yes I was over the limit. Apart from the zilch-nothing-only very honest and helpfull police and civil servants.

But then i live in Thailnd and not an area taken over by sex tourists