NCCC Finally Gets Back To Work

[Jai Dee]

Corruption

NCCC finally gets back to work with nearly 12,000 graft cases in hand

The National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) yesterday announced a busy first month citing 380 new graft complaints on top of its backlog of 11,459 cases.

The nine-member NCCC was installed in office following the September 19 military coup after an absence of almost two years.

Key anti-graft activities include:

Granting public access to the asset statements of Cabinet members filed during the two Thaksin Shinawatra administrations.

Disclosing the asset statements filed by seven members of the National Telecommunications Commission.

Appointing 17 investigative panels to speed up graft cases, including the Klong Dan waste treatment project.

Ruling on cause to suspect foul play and order prosecution for 11 graft cases, including the lottery scam.

Rejecting 88 graft complaints and terminate 42 cases as groundless.

Source: The Nation - 3 November 2006