NRSA pushes for setting up of criminal court for corruption cases

BANGKOK, 10 June 2016 (NNT) – A criminal court in charge of handling corruption cases has been proposed set up by the National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) and is yet to be deliberated by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).

NRSA president Thinnaphan Nakhata confirmed that the NRSA has proposed the government establish the criminal court to handle corruption and misconduct cases.

A draft legislation for the setting up of such a court is scheduled for a second and third reading in the NLA tomorrow.

If approved and enacted, the criminal court for corruption and misconduct will start working on October 1.


-- NNT 2016-06-10

"A criminal court for corruption cases". No good idea gets past these clowns.

It will be a change from the exchange of brown envelopes down the back alley. No Im afraid, decisions will still be made on the size of the donation.

And how do they propose to get someone like the corrupt monk to grace the courts with their presence. Negotiate, ask, beg, pretty please?

Yes because up until now, the media has been absolutely jam packed with stories and names of the accused, the charges against them, court proceedings, verdicts and prison terms for corruption.

I suppose this bright idea - which I'm sure was mooted some time back - wouldn't be about yet another budget opportunity for someone to 'manage'.

Right?

Another "court"? Yes, that should speed along Judicial Reform.

More courts, more ministries, more laws, more watchdog agencies - these are the solutions to guarantee the Thai Social Order.

Another "court"? Yes, that should speed along Judicial Reform.

More courts, more ministries, more laws, more watchdog agencies - these are the solutions to guarantee the Thai Social Order.

And more appeals too!

This criminal court for corruption cases would probably need 10x more staff than the regular criminal court.

Great idea if everybody was to be trusted.

Edited June 10, 201610 yr by wabothai

I suppose this could be an actual reform. However, there is no rationale given. If the current criminal courts are overloaded, why not just increase the number?

Can this criminal court trial military corruption? Just asking.

Anyone who has a diagram on court in Thailand and a clear description of the area of responsibilities? Looks like a lot of overlap in that. Are courts covered by an 'organic' Law ?

A 'corruption' court would need a bit more 'power' than regular courts I guess. Most cases seem to include politicians. The CC would therefore need to be totally independent of parliament, Senate and maybe even the Justice Department. Tricky.

Next up: Red Shirt Court.

Where the "judge" simply hands out a "go directly to jail" card.

All in the name of reconciliation, and "rule-of-law", of course.

Anyone who has a diagram on court in Thailand and a clear description of the area of responsibilities? Looks like a lot of overlap in that. Are courts covered by an 'organic' Law ?

A 'corruption' court would need a bit more 'power' than regular courts I guess. Most cases seem to include politicians. The CC would therefore need to be totally independent of parliament, Senate and maybe even the Justice Department. Tricky.

This may help.

http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Thailand.html

Note the separation of the Legislative and Judicial branches, as is appropriate.

A very detailed study here

http://www.aseanlawassociation.org/docs/Judicial_System_in_Thailand.pdf