Second list of corrupt Thai officials may go to PACC

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Second list of corrupt officials may go to PACC
THE NATION

THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday showed its readiness to forward a second list of corrupt government officials to the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), revealing the list might comprise some high-ranking officials.

"The NACC office is gathering and scrutinising the list of corrupt officials and will forward it to the PACC," NACC secretary-general Sansern Poljiak said. "The list will be forwarded and discussed at the NACC meeting before its is handed to General Paiboon Koomchaya, chairman of the PACC."

Meanwhile, the first list of bureaucrats allegedly involved in graft was forwarded to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha last Friday.

Sansern explained that the first list comprised the names of 10-15 local government officials who had been indicted by the NACC for receiving money via procurements.

He said the NACC process of forwarding the list was intended to scrutinise government officials who had already been indicted, but who had not been punished by their agencies and were still active in their posts. The NACC must be thorough and careful in this, he said.

He said the process had to be done carefully because the project was supposed to bring about justice. If some of the people on the list were proven to be innocent, it could affect the working of the PACC, so the NACC will not be hasty about |forwarding the names.

When asked if the second list from the NACC might comprise high-ranking officials such as district chief officers, vice governors or governors, Sansern said the scrutiny normally includes high-ranking officials such as governors, vice governors, permanent secretaries and directors general of ministries.

If these high-ranking government officials fit the criteria of |corruption and the agency received complaints along with evidence, those officials would be indicted first.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Second-list-of-corrupt-officials-may-go-to-PACC-30257966.html


-- The Nation 2015-04-13

[ezzra]

It seems that a list containing the names of the incorrupt officials will be the easier and quicker

way to go about it as this list will only have very few names on it....

[thesetat2013]

I love the way they use the word scrutinize! It makes it seem as though they will be choosing which names to remove more that they will choose which names are guilty.

[jerojero]

And what determines if your name gets on these lists? Who prepares these lists? And I'm quite sure anyone affiliated with PM will be quickly scrutinized OFF the list. Rooting out corruption YES go for it, but doing it mysteriously with no oversight, lists of names arbitrarily, or no public scrutiny, is wrong wrong wrong!

[EyesWideOpen]

Funny stuff. A list ? A summation of corrupt Thai officials would

make a novel, not a list....... Still waiting for an actual crackdown

with results of prison terms. This is just a dog and pony show to

placate foreign media. Supposedly all of the 18 coups that

Thailand has had since 1932 have been to stop corruption,

and yet Thailand still has massive corruption. Go figure........

How about following Singapore, and start throwing these

corrupt dirt bags that have been sponging off the backs of

Thai people into jail ?? That would be a wake up call for the

other ones not yet caught.

[Commerce]

Deal with the first list first, step by step chaps. Then get the second list, ad infinitum.

Otherwise you'll be inundated with thousands of names, and forget what you set out to do.

[janpharma]

It seems that a list containing the names of the incorrupt officials will be the easier and quicker

way to go about it as this list will only have very few names on it....

[Doc46]

I would say investigate all the officials for corruption that should be easy and fast ,Reward the people to name the officials ,,if proof ,,,,, Exterminate,,,

[Lupatria]

Second list of corrupt Thai officials may go to PACC

Any current delay may be caused by an unbiased expert team that is probably very busy to sift chaff from the wheat.

[Oziex1]

Thai official to another , got myself off the first list. Sorry buddy your on the second list,

Oh how much to get off second list, 1mil or 5mil to be sure you don't get on the third list.

1 year ago I was an optimist, thought something good might be happening.

[JOC]

It seems that a list containing the names of the incorrupt officials will be the easier and quicker

way to go about it as this list will only have very few names on it....

Through connections within the government, I was allowed to have a sneak peak of that list:

[soalbundy]

As some day it may happen that a victim must be found

i've got a little list, i've got a little list

[maidee]

why don't they make the names public, you know, with picture and pointing , and putting them into jail and taking away the ill gotten proceeds

[soalbundy]

why don't they make the names public, you know, with picture and pointing , and putting them into jail and taking away the ill gotten proceeds

They haven't gone to court yet and the defamation laws in Thailand are very strict. If i was investigating i would be very careful as well, nothing like a million Baht law suit to ruin your day

[FangFerang]

List? What list? It had the PM's name on it........must be a bad list.

[Oziex1]

why don't they make the names public, you know, with picture and pointing , and putting them into jail and taking away the ill gotten proceeds

Well the pointing would be interesting, a room full of people all pointing at each other.

[tracker1]

I will get around to fixing the list of corrupt officials just as soon as more important matters get done like fixing the price of lottery tickets mmm that was months ago have to get onto it ASAP !!!

[geriatrickid]

why don't they make the names public, you know, with picture and pointing , and putting them into jail and taking away the ill gotten proceeds

They haven't gone to court yet and the defamation laws in Thailand are very strict. If i was investigating i would be very careful as well, nothing like a million Baht law suit to ruin your day

It doesn't stop them from naming suspects or detainees in political matters does it?