webfact Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Graft buster vows to continue probe of rice pledging scheme By English News BANGKOK, Dec 10 – Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will press on with its investigation on alleged irregularities in the government’s rice pledging scheme despite the ruling Pheu Thai Party’s attempted intervention, a senior official announced. NACC President Panthep Klanarongran said the NACC will carry on its duty as authorised by the Anti-Corruption Act until it finds facts relating to the charges. Some Pheu Thai MPs said earlier they would seek the Constitution Court’s injunction to the NACC’s investigation on the rice pledging scheme, reasoning that the NACC is not in a position to do so since it is a disputant with the government. Mr Panthep said the NACC is in the process of setting up a fact-finding sub-committee involving the allegations and the Pheu Thai’s move will have no impact on its work. On Transparency International’s ranking Thailand at 88th for corruption, he admitted he felt sad with the result. He called on Thai people to jointly reduce, and eventually eliminate, corruption in the country. The government has at least signalled its cooperation in eradicating corruption, he said, adding that corruption charges under the NACC’s investigation mostly involve politicians, state and provincial officials. (MCOT online news) -- TNA 2012-12-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dcutman Posted December 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) In the PT mind, the NACC investigation on the rice scam creates a dispute with the government. Therefore it is unconstitutional? Really? Oh how this boggles my mind. If the PT have nothing to hide, they should welcome this investigation. BTW I see so many pics, including the one in this article, of how this rice is being stored. I cant imagine rice can stay this way for more than a couple of months, before it cannot even be fed to animals. Edited December 10, 2012 by dcutman 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted December 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) The logic of PT is bizarre: if you do your job and investigate our corrupt practices you must be our enemy and therefore are not fit to investigate us. They have lost all contact with reality. If they ever had any that is. Edited December 10, 2012 by Bluespunk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The logic of PT is bizarre: if you do your job and investigate our corrupt practices you must be our enemy and therefore are not fit to investigate us. They have lost all contact with reality. If they ever had any that is. wonder what PTP is afraId about? Loose faces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ramrod711 Posted December 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2012 Some Pheu Thai MPs said earlier they would seek the Constitution Court’s injunction to the NACC’s investigation on the rice pledging scheme, reasoning that the NACC is not in a position to do so since it is a disputant with the government. Hmmmmmm, is this the same constitutional court they want to abolish? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OzMick Posted December 10, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2012 Standard PTP/UDD response - if you don't agree with us, you have no right to exist. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySeaman Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The logic of PT is bizarre: if you do your job and investigate our corrupt practices you must be our enemy and therefore are not fit to investigate us. They have lost all contact with reality. If they ever had any that is. And can you even think of one politician anywhere in the world who every had contract with reality? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The logic of PT is bizarre: if you do your job and investigate our corrupt practices you must be our enemy and therefore are not fit to investigate us. They have lost all contact with reality. If they ever had any that is. And can you even think of one politician anywhere in the world who every had contract with reality? . Dennis skinner had his moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstarbkk Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 "Some Pheu Thai MPs said earlier they would seek the Constitution Court’s injunction to the NACC’s investigation on the rice pledging scheme, reasoning that the NACC is not in a position to do so since it is a disputant with the government." Am I missing something here, or is this a de facto admission that the government is corrupt? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTao Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) What would happen to any ministers who are currently in office who were exposed as directly or indirectly benefitting from corruption in relation to the rice pledging scheme? Would they lose thier status as an MP? Would they be prosecuted and imprisoned? What if the investigation showed that the government was benefitting from the scheme? Would PTP face being disolved as a political party with all MPs found to be involved with the corrupt practice losing thier MP status and facing imprisonment? Would the government move quickly to shut down the NACC before the results of the investigation became known? Would the red shirts cause more civil disturbance in support of the government? All things to ponder as the investigation moves forward. When is an animal most dangerous? When it is backed into a corner. Edited December 10, 2012 by TomTao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 They need to get SOMEONE to talk. Genuinely put out an anonymous call line, and get people to phone in. Anyone who genuinely ends up testifying is offered 50 million or 500k per month for life paid to an offshore account and a new identity. I can hear the phone lines lighting up now. There has to be someone out there who is willing to do it, because if the numbers are to be believed this is a massive amount of money being siphoned out of the treasury. What it costs them to do it, is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunken Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Standard Thaksinist practice. If you find any serious opposition, silence it. I somehow doubt that the CC will silence the NACC - it'll take a constitutional amendment which is coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 In the PT mind, the NACC investigation on the rice scam creates a dispute with the government. Therefore it is unconstitutional? Really? Oh how this boggles my mind. If the PT have nothing to hide, they should welcome this investigation. BTW I see so many pics, including the one in this article, of how this rice is being stored. I cant imagine rice can stay this way for more than a couple of months, before it cannot even be fed to animals. From the article. "...........Mr Panthep said the NACC is in the process of setting up a fact-finding sub-committee involving the allegations and the Pheu Thai’s move will have no impact on its work. On Transparency International’s ranking Thailand at 88th for corruption, he admitted he felt sad with the result. He called on Thai people to jointly reduce, and eventually eliminate, corruption in the country. The government has at least signalled its cooperation in eradicating corruption, he said, adding that corruption charges under the NACC’s investigation mostly involve politicians, state and provincial officials. (MCOT online news) Just to counter the instant neg on here. Not withstanding the assumption on TV that the Yingluck government is more corrupt than the Vatican over the centuries, it would be quite amusing if, over the next term or two of this Government, Thailand were to improve it's corruption ratings and generally start to move away from the chronic corruption that has afflicted this country for the last 60+ years. Who of you know ???? She might actually be slowly but gently moving in the right direction. ( nothwithstanding of course the family benefits that are endemic in Asia.........) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The logic of PT is bizarre: if you do your job and investigate our corrupt practices you must be our enemy and therefore are not fit to investigate us. They have lost all contact with reality. If they ever had any that is. wonder what PTP is afraId about? Loose faces? Think you missed an "e" of your last word................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunken Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 In the PT mind, the NACC investigation on the rice scam creates a dispute with the government. Therefore it is unconstitutional? Really? Oh how this boggles my mind. If the PT have nothing to hide, they should welcome this investigation. BTW I see so many pics, including the one in this article, of how this rice is being stored. I cant imagine rice can stay this way for more than a couple of months, before it cannot even be fed to animals. From the article. "...........Mr Panthep said the NACC is in the process of setting up a fact-finding sub-committee involving the allegations and the Pheu Thai’s move will have no impact on its work. On Transparency International’s ranking Thailand at 88th for corruption, he admitted he felt sad with the result. He called on Thai people to jointly reduce, and eventually eliminate, corruption in the country. The government has at least signalled its cooperation in eradicating corruption, he said, adding that corruption charges under the NACC’s investigation mostly involve politicians, state and provincial officials. (MCOT online news) Just to counter the instant neg on here. Not withstanding the assumption on TV that the Yingluck government is more corrupt than the Vatican over the centuries, it would be quite amusing if, over the next term or two of this Government, Thailand were to improve it's corruption ratings and generally start to move away from the chronic corruption that has afflicted this country for the last 60+ years. Who of you know ???? She might actually be slowly but gently moving in the right direction. ( nothwithstanding of course the family benefits that are endemic in Asia.........) Nothing but spin. Nothing but rhetoric about corruption from PTP. If they have the slighest intention about tackling corruption, silencing the NACC is exactly the opposite of doing it. They have to recoup their election spending after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcutman Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 In the PT mind, the NACC investigation on the rice scam creates a dispute with the government. Therefore it is unconstitutional? Really? Oh how this boggles my mind. If the PT have nothing to hide, they should welcome this investigation. BTW I see so many pics, including the one in this article, of how this rice is being stored. I cant imagine rice can stay this way for more than a couple of months, before it cannot even be fed to animals. From the article. "...........Mr Panthep said the NACC is in the process of setting up a fact-finding sub-committee involving the allegations and the Pheu Thai’s move will have no impact on its work. On Transparency International’s ranking Thailand at 88th for corruption, he admitted he felt sad with the result. He called on Thai people to jointly reduce, and eventually eliminate, corruption in the country. The government has at least signalled its cooperation in eradicating corruption, he said, adding that corruption charges under the NACC’s investigation mostly involve politicians, state and provincial officials. (MCOT online news) Just to counter the instant neg on here. Not withstanding the assumption on TV that the Yingluck government is more corrupt than the Vatican over the centuries, it would be quite amusing if, over the next term or two of this Government, Thailand were to improve it's corruption ratings and generally start to move away from the chronic corruption that has afflicted this country for the last 60+ years. Who of you know ???? She might actually be slowly but gently moving in the right direction. ( nothwithstanding of course the family benefits that are endemic in Asia.........) Phil do you believe this NACC investigation is somehow unconstitutional? Why would PTP MP's be seeking an injunction to block this investigation? Why Phil, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thait Spot Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 In the PT mind, the NACC investigation on the rice scam creates a dispute with the government. Therefore it is unconstitutional? Really? Oh how this boggles my mind. If the PT have nothing to hide, they should welcome this investigation. BTW I see so many pics, including the one in this article, of how this rice is being stored. I cant imagine rice can stay this way for more than a couple of months, before it cannot even be fed to animals. From the article. "...........Mr Panthep said the NACC is in the process of setting up a fact-finding sub-committee involving the allegations and the Pheu Thai’s move will have no impact on its work. On Transparency International’s ranking Thailand at 88th for corruption, he admitted he felt sad with the result. He called on Thai people to jointly reduce, and eventually eliminate, corruption in the country. The government has at least signalled its cooperation in eradicating corruption, he said, adding that corruption charges under the NACC’s investigation mostly involve politicians, state and provincial officials. (MCOT online news) Just to counter the instant neg on here. Not withstanding the assumption on TV that the Yingluck government is more corrupt than the Vatican over the centuries, it would be quite amusing if, over the next term or two of this Government, Thailand were to improve it's corruption ratings and generally start to move away from the chronic corruption that has afflicted this country for the last 60+ years. Who of you know ???? She might actually be slowly but gently moving in the right direction. ( nothwithstanding of course the family benefits that are endemic in Asia.........) Hook, line and sinker Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thait Spot Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 The logic of PT is bizarre: if you do your job and investigate our corrupt practices you must be our enemy and therefore are not fit to investigate us. They have lost all contact with reality. If they ever had any that is. wonder what PTP is afraId about? Loose faces? Think you missed an "e" of your last word................ Whereas you missed a ship's mooring device. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) meanwhile Edited December 10, 2012 by ratcatcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 ------------MEANWHILE--------------- saw mountains of it up country today. everywhere was full to bursting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewilltell Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 A national scandal - corruption at its most rampant and hardly disguised. Traitors bankrupting the country. Mai pen rai!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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