Anupong has no qualms about sacking corrupt officials
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said yesterday that if any ministry officials on the graft blacklist were proven corrupt, he would suspend or sack them immediately "If it's clear, I'm ready to take action, otherwise we may need a special power to deal with them. The PM may use the special power or Article 44 to punish some of them,'' he said.

He would wait for the results of the investigation by the Auditor-General's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Commission.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would resort to Article 44 to take legal action against some officials on the list, he said.

The premier has given him some names from the blacklist of 115 officials suspected of corruption and his ministry was considering if there was cogent evidence of irregularities.

If that was the case, his ministry can take legal action against them, otherwise he would ask the PM if he would resort to other laws to deal with them.

Besides the 115 Interior Ministry names - from both permanent officials and local administrators - three from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration were on the blacklist, he said.

Four of the 115 were high-ranking officials, he added.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Anupong-has-no-qualms-about-sacking-corrupt-offici-30258554.html


-- The Nation 2015-04-23

Could Anupong stand up to a complete audit of his own activities and financial transactions?

This " crackdown" is amusing. I would think they would have a

much harder time finding officials that were NOT corrupt . Any

person who has been here a long time knows these positions

are bought. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out why.....

If at some point in the future Thailand actually wants to stop

corruption, they simply need to copy exactly what Singapore did.

When corrupt officials are thrown in jail for long terms, then and

only then will it stop. The famous inactive post punishment has

made Thailand the laughing stock of the world. Well at least the

laughing stock of ThaiVisa........

As posters, including myself, have already said he will only act as directed from the very top.

Is he trying to prove how strong and relevant he is by repeating this ' hard man ' stance because he's only making a fool of himself since it's been made perfectly clear that action, or otherwise, on the list is to be authorised by only one man ?

Inactive posts positions all filled up, Can they retire from there too?

Corruption is at every level. That's how Thailand works.

Example: Chairmen of sports organisations taking a large cut of sponsorship money and winnings therefore not benefiting the sport that they administrating

Example: Every shop in the wooden village (Bahn Tawaii, Chiang Mai) paying 500 baht a week to corrupt officials of the Forestry Commission, that's 500 shops x 500 x 52 (13 million a year)

Example: Customs officers creaming off cash everyday

Example: Police (say no more)

Corruption is at every level. That's how Thailand works.

Example: Chairmen of sports organisations taking a large cut of sponsorship money and winnings therefore not benefiting the sport that they administrating

Example: Every shop in the wooden village (Bahn Tawaii, Chiang Mai) paying 500 baht a week to corrupt officials of the Forestry Commission, that's 500 shops x 500 x 52 (13 million a year)

Example: Customs officers creaming off cash everyday

Example: Police (say no more)

And corrupt officials not getting sacked because they.................

Could Anupong stand up to a complete audit of his own activities and financial transactions?

I think the more pertinent question should be could "any" senior Government, Police, Military official stand up to any independent, non-biased scrutiny whatsoever ... I would lay bets that if you look into any single person (higher up) they all have skeletons in their closets, have all broken the law, and are all corrupt in some way, shape or form.

Anupong has no qualms about sacking officials as long as they are not military officials. Now I feel better.

He should start in his own backyard first!

Strong words. Probably not backed by strong actions. Let's face it. If he really started to do what he keeps saying he will, he probably wouldn't live very long. Rich, corrupt officials do not appreciate losing face.

How many on that list are military officials?

The BP website is reporting that this list of the Top 100 officials needs more evidence in some cases and has been sent back for more investigation.

How Convenient !

If the top list has flaws what's going to happen to the other lists of presumably corrupt people who didn't make the Top 100 ?

GT 200? Anyone?

the man who twisted Newin's arm to join the Dems in 2008 is going to now "sack" corrupt officials...

yeah, right.

Good man.......but doubtful any will be sacked........