PHUKET — The governor of a popular island in the Andaman Sea promised to make it Thailand’s first province to end corruption after he signed an agreement with anti-corruption officials Tuesday. Phuket Gov. Norraphat Plodthong signed a memorandum of understanding with the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission – which operates under the Ministry of […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Spain has ordered properties to be seized and bank accounts frozen in a money laundering investigation linked to the family of Rifaat al-Assad, according to BBC News. Judiciary officials said that the uncle of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was handed $300m of public money when he was sent into exile in 1984. Now […]
Apparent corruption related to the procurement of CCTV systems for the socalled “Safe School Project” in the deep South has cost the state more than Bt400 million, an ongoing investigation has revealed. The southern branch of the Office of the Public Sector AntiCorruption Commission (PACC), which is investigating alleged irregularities in the project, stated yesterday […]
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong (Jay Y. Lee) has been arrested amid allegations of being involved in the corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye, a judge has announced. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Lee, the vice chairman of Samsung Group and the conglomerate’s de facto head, was taken into custody at […]
A group of employees of Thai Airways International Plc gathered at Suvarnabhumi international airport on Sunday morning to demand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha to use his special power vested by Section 44 to set up a special panel to investigate former boards and managements of the national flag carrier for alleged policy corruption. The group […]
BANGKOK, 29th January 2017 (NNT) – The Thai government is not perturbed about the recently-released 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which ranks Thailand at number 101 among 176 countries surveyed. The government gave an assurance that its top priority is to remove corruption practices from Thai society. Downgraded from 76th to 101st, Thailand scored only […]
BANGKOK, 27 January 2017 (NNT) – Transparency International has downgraded Thailand from the 76th country on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) to the 101st for 2016. Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak said he was surprised to hear about the Kingdom’s CPI for 2016, but said he believes the corruption situation in the country will […]
In what looks like a race to the bottom, North Korea is ranked as the most corrupt country in Asia with the closed communist nation receiving one of the worst scores in Transparency International’s 2016 corruption index. With a corruption score of 12, North Korea ranked 174 in the survey by the Berlin-based organization. The […]
