Prem appeals for public’s help to fight corruption

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Prem appeals for public’s help to fight corruption
By The Nation

 

NACC commissioners listening to Prem's remark on corruption curbing as they visit him on Songkran Day

 

BANGKOK: -- Prem Tinsulanonda, president of the Privy Council, has urged the public to be the eyes and ear to keep corrupt people held in check.

 

The remark was made at a meeting with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) led by Watcharapol Prasan Rajchakit on Thursday as the commission visited the Privy Council president’s house to pay respects on the occasion of Songkran. Prem encouraged the NACC to keep up its work, which he described as both difficult and risky. He said he wanted everyone to be aware of and lend a hand to prevent corruption.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30312238

 

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[Thaiwrath]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prem appeals for public’s help to fight corruption

Should that not read 'Prem appeals for OFFICIAL'S help to fight corruption' ? 

[Reigntax]

They continue to talk the same rhetoric with no intention to fix and protend it is not embedded or the basis of Thai society.

[Jessi]

BiB would be a good place to start.

[colinneil]

April first has past, must be a belated attempt at humour.

[PatOngo]

This is a truly great innovation, I would now expect corruption to be eliminated within the coming week!

[yellowboat]

Find the average Thai terrified of officialdom.  Asking the sheep to police the wolves is not a brilliant strategy.  

[spacebass]

• So where are the big government offices for the public to report corruption ?

The Police station ?   Hee Hee !

[jesimps]

Before the public will risk reporting anyone for corruption they're going to have to change the ridiculous defamation laws. As things stand, Joe public stands to spend many years in the pokey if he/she accuses anyone with connections.

 

[jimstar1]

As said in my other Posts Some official hope on the back of my Bike and ride around Chiang Mai moat with me for a day

[rkidlad]

Okay, where's the hotline? Where are the adverts on Tv actively encouraging people to report corruption like you see in Hong Kong. 

 

Thailand is rife with corruption. It's the business model here. I think it would be better educating children at school about how detrimental corruption is in society. How corrupt officials are the scum of the earth who take away from the poor so they can have even more. Could even make comparisons to people who steal because they are poor at least have a reason to steal. 

 

Corruption here or in any society is a cancer. People who partake in it are criminals of the highest order. People always ask me why I don't get offended easily. It's because I get offended by stuff that's real. Stuff like corruption offends me immensely yet doesn't seem to bother most people. They seem to get offended by dumb tourists with their feet on headrests or criticism of something they 'personally and sanctimoniously' worship in the hope of becoming richer or more popular. 

 

Arroagance and thinking we are not all part of the same decaying matter will be our downfall. 

[Denim]

Corruption must be stamped out but nepotism and back handers ......no problem.

 

[worgeordie]

and get sued !   especially if the actuations are true.

regards Worgeordie

[seajae]

 there are govt departments that get monthly "bonuses" from companies that are registered/legal and doing business by the book but are threatened with delays,  harassment if they refuse. Very hard when it is actual govt agencies(high up officials in some cases) doing the threatening  and when it could cause the company to collapse or have  finacial problems if  they do lodge any complaints or dont pay. The fact that these govt officials can get away with this is indicative of much of what is wrong here, there are no checks and balances inside the govt departments as graft/corruption is too deeply embedded, if they actually did something about them all, the departments would collapse. They need to get very serious if they want to fix it but with so many involved no one is game to do so

[greeneking]

If only there was an elderly statesman who was approaching the end of his life.  If only he was so revered and untouchable he need not fear saying what he knows; at the centre of things for so long he would know where the corruption happens and who it benefits.  If such a person could start the ball rolling with a few names instead of yearly calls for others to work to end corruption he could leave his beloved Thailand a better place.

If only...

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, seajae said:

 there are govt departments that get monthly "bonuses" from companies that are registered/legal and doing business by the book but are threatened with delays,  harassment if they refuse. Very hard when it is actual govt agencies(high up officials in some cases) doing the threatening  and when it could cause the company to collapse or have  finacial problems if  they do lodge any complaints or dont pay. The fact that these govt officials can get away with this is indicative of much of what is wrong here, there are no checks and balances inside the govt departments as graft/corruption is too deeply embedded, if they actually did something about them all, the departments would collapse. They need to get very serious if they want to fix it but with so many involved no one is game to do so

Yes methinks this elderly gentleman is lost in a world of his own. 

[metisdead]

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[Srikcir]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

the public to be the eyes and ear to keep corrupt people held in check.

Unfortunately the "public" doesn't have an Article 44 nor legislative representatives it can wield to keep corruption held in check.

[sandemara]

A senior Pakistani Govt Minister last week declared that female victims of rape would have a happy life if they married the man who raped them rather than make an official complaint.  Does anyone else see some sort of convergence of strange social or philosophical values in these otherwise unrelated news stories?   Both items disturbed me.

[candide]

I am surprised that, as a former military, he did not ask the government to lead by example on this matter.

Err....