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

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, 201213 yr by dcutman

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, 201213 yr by Bluespunk

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?

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?

Standard PTP/UDD response - if you don't agree with us, you have no right to exist.

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?

.

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.

"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?

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, 201213 yr by TomTao

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.

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.

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.........)

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................

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.

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?

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

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

meanwhile

Edited December 10, 201213 yr by ratcatcher

------------MEANWHILE---------------

saw mountains of it up country today.

everywhere was full to bursting.

A national scandal - corruption at its most rampant and hardly disguised. Traitors bankrupting the country. Mai pen rai!!!!!!!!!!!!