Thailand dropped to 36 points, one lower than the year before, in Transparency International’s 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018 released on Tuesday. The index ranges from 100 (very clean) to 0 (very corrupt).
Among its Southeast Asian neighbours, the kingdom’s 36 points compared -- in descending order of "cleanliness" -- to Singapore’s 85 (down 1 point from a year earlier), Malaysia’s 47 (no change), Indonesia’s 38 (down 1), Philippines’ 36 (up 2), Vietnam’s 33 (down 2), Myanmar’s 29 (down 1) and Cambodia’s 20 (down 1). The worldwide average score was 43.
Thailand ranked joint No.99 -- with the Philippines -- out of 180 countries and territories in the survey. Singapore was joint No.3 in the world rankings, Malaysia No.61, Indonesia No.89, Vietnam No.117, Myanmar No.132 and Cambodia No.161. Denmark was in the top spot, followed by New Zealand.
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Transparency International: Corruption rises in Thailand
Transparency International: Corruption rises in Thailand
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US was 71. Obviously someone paid them off for that good of a score.
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Thailand dropped from 104 ranking down to 110 on the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) that was released by Transparency International on Tuesday.
The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption.
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Only in Thailand ... anti-corruption boss arrested for corruption.
Former anti-graft official gets suspended jail term
A former deputy chief of the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been given a suspended sentence for concealing assets worth 227 million baht.
Prayat Puangjumpa was sentenced on Thursday to four months in jail and fined 10,000 baht, suspended for one year, by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions.
The court also banned him from holding a government position for five years.
Prosecutors told the court earlier that in the declaration he made when he assumed his position on Jan 4, 2017, Prayat had concealed six assets worth 227 million baht in total.
They included a residential unit in London and money in three overseas bank accounts, totalling 225 million baht, along with shares worth 2 million baht in a local company and 10,000 baht in a local bank account.
The court found that the concealed assets belonged the wife of the official, who was sacked as the deputy secretary-general of the NACC in Aug 2022.
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Former anti-graft official gets suspended jail term
A former deputy chief of the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been given a suspended sentence for concealing assets worth 227 million baht.
Prayat Puangjumpa was sentenced on Thursday to four months in jail and fined 10,000 baht, suspended for one year, by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions.
The court also banned him from holding a government position for five years.
Prosecutors told the court earlier that in the declaration he made when he assumed his position on Jan 4, 2017, Prayat had concealed six assets worth 227 million baht in total.
They included a residential unit in London and money in three overseas bank accounts, totalling 225 million baht, along with shares worth 2 million baht in a local company and 10,000 baht in a local bank account.
The court found that the concealed assets belonged the wife of the official, who was sacked as the deputy secretary-general of the NACC in Aug 2022.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -jail-term
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Well, that sentence will certainly make him, and others, think twice before being so careless in the future.
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10,000 baht fine and 4 months jail, suspended or not isn't a bad tradeoff for 227 million baht. Perhaps a good role model for other crooks.
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So just a wee bit more or less corrupt, then about half the other countries.
... 56% less corrupt
... 44% more corrupt
USA coming in at 24th, and apparently hide their corruption a bit better.
Of course, for TH, a decade of basically no change, no matter who is in control:
For myself, things that affect me, traffic corruption has improved greatly, as no more unofficial police check points on roads I travel.
Immigration, hard to say, as they use to ask for a tip, and allowed to refuse, to issue 'letter of residence' which first one I got was no charge, along with transferring visa to new PP. Now they simply made it an official charge, and up to the IO, if or what to charge. So not sure if that is considered better. Use of agents, assuming, will never change.
Nothing else really affects me directly, though may indirectly raise the cost of living across the board, IF I was to visit vendors that partake in corruption to operate. ex: late night bars, P4P
Custom's corruption has improved greatly, as no longer need to pay duty on many items, though TBO, stopped ordering, large or expensive orders from vendors that don't already stock the item. More such vendors available, so competition may be helping with pricing.
Most corruption, businesses doing business with the Govt, for infrastructure are probably the majority of the corruption, and that just ends in wasted tax revenue, misdirected into politicians pockets, rather than spend on community services. Cost doesn't affect me, as VAT has remained the same, still 7% vs 10%
Quite obvious since moving out of Udon Thani, to Prachuap Khiri Khan, and probably depends which district and or amphur you live in. But I see things maintained here, and roads being redone with concrete, and better contractors than what was being done in Udon Thani. With the never ending job security of krappy resurfacing of asphalt, being the most obvious.
So in my world, things are much better ... YMMV
... 56% less corrupt
... 44% more corrupt
USA coming in at 24th, and apparently hide their corruption a bit better.
Of course, for TH, a decade of basically no change, no matter who is in control:
For myself, things that affect me, traffic corruption has improved greatly, as no more unofficial police check points on roads I travel.
Immigration, hard to say, as they use to ask for a tip, and allowed to refuse, to issue 'letter of residence' which first one I got was no charge, along with transferring visa to new PP. Now they simply made it an official charge, and up to the IO, if or what to charge. So not sure if that is considered better. Use of agents, assuming, will never change.
Nothing else really affects me directly, though may indirectly raise the cost of living across the board, IF I was to visit vendors that partake in corruption to operate. ex: late night bars, P4P
Custom's corruption has improved greatly, as no longer need to pay duty on many items, though TBO, stopped ordering, large or expensive orders from vendors that don't already stock the item. More such vendors available, so competition may be helping with pricing.
Most corruption, businesses doing business with the Govt, for infrastructure are probably the majority of the corruption, and that just ends in wasted tax revenue, misdirected into politicians pockets, rather than spend on community services. Cost doesn't affect me, as VAT has remained the same, still 7% vs 10%
Quite obvious since moving out of Udon Thani, to Prachuap Khiri Khan, and probably depends which district and or amphur you live in. But I see things maintained here, and roads being redone with concrete, and better contractors than what was being done in Udon Thani. With the never ending job security of krappy resurfacing of asphalt, being the most obvious.
So in my world, things are much better ... YMMV
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Any country with a politician is corruptits why they go into politics.
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Amy country with non-politicians in charge will be more corrupt. That's why they stage coups-d'état.stretch wrote:Any country with a politician is corruptits why they go into politics.
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Decade of graft cases in ACT report
The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) has released a report on graft cases involving politicians over the past ten years in which the rice-pledging scheme caused the most financial damage at 130 billion baht.
According to the report, there were 61 cases involving 68 politicians in total.
These cases, which were covered by media reports, were investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Commission and ruled on by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions and the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases from 2012 to the present.
The rice-pledging scheme caused the most financial damage in this period at 130 billion baht, followed by the Klong Dan wastewater treatment project, with damages estimated at 24.9 billion baht.
Of the 61 cases, eight involve procurement-related graft and price collusion and cost the country 52 billion baht combined.
ACT secretary-general, Mana Nimitmongkol, said the report was compiled to raise public awareness about the damage caused by corruption and to remind people that they should not tolerate it. He said politicians have come up with all sorts of tricks, including exploitation of legal loopholes to make it difficult for them to be caught. Politicians refer to MPs, senators, members of the National Legislative Assembly and cabinet ministers.
"Wrongdoing can happen in any state agency, and the accused do not have to be cabinet ministers. MPs, members of parliamentary committees and their networks can hurt the country. Politicians, elected and appointed, can be corrupt," he said.
Mr Mana said although a large number of cases are lodged with the NACC and forwarded to the court, they take several years to conclude, and there is only a small number in which the accused are found in the wrong.
He noted that politicians are believed to have pulled strings behind major corruption cases, but most of the people who are prosecuted are state officials. These cases include the rubber gloves case (2 billion baht) and police station project (5.8 billion baht).
The report observed that several politicians accused of corruption are contesting the upcoming election.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... act-report
The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) has released a report on graft cases involving politicians over the past ten years in which the rice-pledging scheme caused the most financial damage at 130 billion baht.
According to the report, there were 61 cases involving 68 politicians in total.
These cases, which were covered by media reports, were investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Commission and ruled on by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions and the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases from 2012 to the present.
The rice-pledging scheme caused the most financial damage in this period at 130 billion baht, followed by the Klong Dan wastewater treatment project, with damages estimated at 24.9 billion baht.
Of the 61 cases, eight involve procurement-related graft and price collusion and cost the country 52 billion baht combined.
ACT secretary-general, Mana Nimitmongkol, said the report was compiled to raise public awareness about the damage caused by corruption and to remind people that they should not tolerate it. He said politicians have come up with all sorts of tricks, including exploitation of legal loopholes to make it difficult for them to be caught. Politicians refer to MPs, senators, members of the National Legislative Assembly and cabinet ministers.
"Wrongdoing can happen in any state agency, and the accused do not have to be cabinet ministers. MPs, members of parliamentary committees and their networks can hurt the country. Politicians, elected and appointed, can be corrupt," he said.
Mr Mana said although a large number of cases are lodged with the NACC and forwarded to the court, they take several years to conclude, and there is only a small number in which the accused are found in the wrong.
He noted that politicians are believed to have pulled strings behind major corruption cases, but most of the people who are prosecuted are state officials. These cases include the rubber gloves case (2 billion baht) and police station project (5.8 billion baht).
The report observed that several politicians accused of corruption are contesting the upcoming election.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... act-report
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Campaign policies to combat Thailand’s multibillion-baht corruption problem
Thais’ tolerance for deep-seated corruption appears to be wearing thin, putting pressure on political parties to stop paying lip service to the problem and start rolling out tangible solutions.
Estimates indicate the country loses billions of baht each year to graft as public money is siphoned into the bank accounts of corrupt officials. Earlier this month, a senior official at the revenue office in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district was charged with taking bribes of about 4 million baht in exchange for waiving 40 million baht in building-and-land tax. A search of his home revealed the modestly paid bureaucrat somehow owned assets worth over 100 million baht.
Meanwhile earlier this year, Ratchada Suriyakul Na Ayutthaya was fired for taking bribes during his tenure as director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
“Corruption has not subsided in spite of the fact that our country has implemented more anti-graft mechanisms,” lamented Mana Nimitmongkol, secretary-general of the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT).
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Thais’ tolerance for deep-seated corruption appears to be wearing thin, putting pressure on political parties to stop paying lip service to the problem and start rolling out tangible solutions.
Estimates indicate the country loses billions of baht each year to graft as public money is siphoned into the bank accounts of corrupt officials. Earlier this month, a senior official at the revenue office in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district was charged with taking bribes of about 4 million baht in exchange for waiving 40 million baht in building-and-land tax. A search of his home revealed the modestly paid bureaucrat somehow owned assets worth over 100 million baht.
Meanwhile earlier this year, Ratchada Suriyakul Na Ayutthaya was fired for taking bribes during his tenure as director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
“Corruption has not subsided in spite of the fact that our country has implemented more anti-graft mechanisms,” lamented Mana Nimitmongkol, secretary-general of the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT).
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/campaign-p ... n-problem/
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S Thompson