BANGKOK, 25 November 2016 (NNT) – Politicians guilty of corruption will face harsher penalties as the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) is preparing to include life and death sentences in the organic law on political parties. CDC chairman Meechai Ruchuphan said the drafting team will incorporate Section 149 of the Criminal Code into the punishment for […]
BANGKOK, 12 September 2016 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government will not intervene in the Thai justice system, while urging everyone to cooperate with the government to combat corruption. Presiding over the opening ceremony of the government’s Anti-Corruption Day event, the premier said that corruption is the cause of social unrest […]
BANGKOK GOVERNOR MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra risks suspension while his corruption case is reviewed by the Centre for National Anti-Corruption (CNAC). “Our probe has found grounds of corruption in the city administration’s Bt39.5-million decorative-light project. So, we have forwarded the case to the CNAC for further action,” Auditor-General Pisit Leelavachiropas said yesterday. Full story: The Nation […]
BANGKOK — Sukhumbhand Paribatra said Wednesday he will stay on as governor of Bangkok despite being directly implicated in a 39 million-baht corruption scandal. Two months after Sukhumbhand was identified along with eight other officials by the Auditor General as involved in collusion over an expensive lighting project, the two-term elected governor said he’ll only […]
BANGKOK, 29 June 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has affirmed his administration is working to its utmost to combat corruption and has given the issue great importance. Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha chaired a meeting of the national committee against corruption, using the opportunity to state that his government has continually worked against corruption […]
The National Legislative Assembly unanimously endorsed by 160 votes a bill which seeks to set up Criminal Court for Corruption and Malfeasance Cases. Under the bill, the existing division in the Criminal Court which deals with corruption and malfeasance cases will be upgraded into Criminal Court and all the corruption cases will fall under the […]
SA KAEO, 13 March 2016 (NNT) – Thai authorities are continuing a crackdown on ‘influential figures’ and organized crime in a bid to clean up the country and improve the country’s image. Deputy national police chief, Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul led a team of police officers in a raid on a house in Sa Kaeo’s […]
The 2015 Corruption Perception Index for Thailand as reported by Transparency International ranked Thailand at 76th, at the same as the previous year with a score of 38 out of 100, according to the annual report released Wednesday. With such a low score, Thailand’s rate of corruption level was considered as a country with a […]
