NACC needs special power to probe Rolls Royce’s bribery scandal

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NACC needs special power to probe Rolls Royce’s bribery scandal 

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday welcomed move by the Anti Corruption Organisation Thailand to propose the military junta to invoke Section 44 of the interim constitution to give power to the NACC to prove into alleged briberies revealed by Rolls Royce.

 

The briberies allegedly engaged several former senior executives of Thai Airways International and former cabinet ministers of the past regime accused of taking the bribes.

 

NACC secretary general Sansern Poljiak said that having power delegated under Section 44, it would allow the investigation to be speeded up.

 

He said the bribery case revealed by Rolls Royce was significantly different from previous domestic cases that the NACC had handled because it was vital to receive the cooperation of foreign organizations.

 

Furthermore, he said the case was also complicated in the fact that it was already 20 years old.

 

However he said the final decision on this matter was up to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to consider.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/nacc-needs-special-power-probe-rolls-royces-bribery-scandal/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-01-27

[mtls2005]

Following this "Shuffle" should be interesting. This one will get passed a la removing Thaksin's police rank.

 

And the "excuses" should be tried and true classics.

 

Of course, if a Shinawatra or red-shirt were involved you can be damn sure all 47 "anti-corruption agencies" would be falling over themselves to prosecute.

 

It will be interesting to see if any "names" leak out, but suspect this will get swept under the carpet.

[smutcakes]

I am sure he does not really 'welcome' it! He could do without this hot potato.

[worgeordie]

Although Rolls Royce has been found guilty of paying bribes,

and have been given a large fine, I very much doubt anyone

in Thailand will be found guilty of anything.maybe they should

get the tax man involved too.

regards worgeordie

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

Nothing will happen. even if they do investigate it. It will die a silent death as there are too many high up people involved in this. These types of purchases are approved at the highest level and there is no way this type of amount could have slipped past senior manager/directors without them knowing.

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Although Rolls Royce has been found guilty of paying bribes,

and have been given a large fine, I very much doubt anyone

in Thailand will be found guilty of anything.maybe they should

get the tax man involved too.

regards worgeordie

Although they (RR) paid a fine they are according to the agreement not guilty of anything. This is the new evil of our society. Banks and other companies rip off people and if they get caught they pay a fine to the government who keeps the money (good example was the interest rate/LIBOR manipulation). So who are the losers, we the people. In this case RR ripped off the Thai tax payers and government by paying the bribes, but RR are paying the fine to the British government. Why? The British government suffered no loss.

[candide]

It seems the NACC is under pressure to avoid finding the culprits, but wants to transfer the responsibility to the Junta.

[TheFishman1]

They need special powers they mean like Super Man TIT

[mtls2005]

I am curious if this chap was complaining about the Corruption Index ranking being "unfair", on the same day as saying that he says that this case may be "too complicated"?

 

Irony and shame seem to be foreign concepts.

[Puwa]

I guess the pertinent question is who wanted to expose the bribe at this moment, and to what end? 

[Retiredandhappyhere]

The buck-passing has begun.  Musical chairs but nobody will be left without a chair to sit on.

[candide]

3 hours ago, Puwa said:

I guess the pertinent question is who wanted to expose the bribe at this moment, and to what end? 

In case you did not notice it originates from an investigation in UK. They could not decently ignore it, so they are trying to pretend that they are unable to get the necessary information. I guess the culprit is not someone they would like to indict.

[Redline]

Special powers~I heard chickens have special powers

[catinthehat]

On 1/27/2017 at 5:45 PM, TheFishman1 said:

They need special powers they mean like Super Man TIT

Believe me, even the Man of Steel  cannot break this one.

[Reigntax]

On Friday, January 27, 2017 at 8:29 PM, SOUTHERNSTAR said:

Although they (RR) paid a fine they are according to the agreement not guilty of anything. This is the new evil of our society. Banks and other companies rip off people and if they get caught they pay a fine to the government who keeps the money (good example was the interest rate/LIBOR manipulation). So who are the losers, we the people. In this case RR ripped off the Thai tax payers and government by paying the bribes, but RR are paying the fine to the British government. Why? The British government suffered no loss.

 

I wonder whether RR tried to bribe the reps of organisation to buy their products or whether the purchasers demanded the payments as part of the deal.?

 

Organisations know how Asian business works and has done so since day dot. The only problem for western based organisation is under what accounting column do you list bribes paid to secure a deal and hiding these expenses, then signing off on the accounts, knowing them to be false, is a crime under the corporations acts in their home country.

 

RR dont really need to push their engines as they have proven themselves over many decades.