Anti-graft drive 'making little progress'

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Anti-graft drive 'making little progress'

Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 00.00
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Fighting corruption is one of the Yingluck Shinawatra government's priorities but it appears the anti-graft drive is making little progress.

The Anti-Corruption Network representing private companies released a report in July saying under-the-table payments account for 50% of the costs of all government concessions.

Earlier, Prime Minister Yingluck ordered all agencies involved _ the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of Public Sector Commission Development Commission (OPDC) _ to devise strategies to deal with graft.

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banmebkk
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Discussion 44 : 23 Aug 2012 at 12.2444
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Why does PTP like to introduce something new that has already been in place? Trying to act like they are taking action with just a new marketing face lift. Its always the same same, lets see some results not putting on new make up.
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Discussion 43 : 16 Aug 2012 at 23.3443
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"Fighting corruption is one of the Yingluck Shinawatra government's priorities but it appears the anti-graft drive is making little progress."
Ex. permanent secretary for transport Supoj was investigated and thereafter penalized by this government for exceptionally wealthy. He lost his job as a high ranking official in the government and his assets are confiscated. This is one of the anti-corruption progresses made by the government.
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Discussion 42 : 16 Aug 2012 at 15.5842
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I am sorry to keep banging on at this point but the only way to get away from this cancer called corruption is through a strong media.All I see on TV is a few policemen with some poor drug running mule in front of cameras and those poor mules are guilty without a court case. Even that stinks of corruption.The police in the north take a bribe to let known drug barons from Burma in to Thailand the Thai police then notify there counterparts down country of the said mules vehicle and hey presto we have a nab.Get real, strong uncorrupted press will eliminate much of the cancer.That is if they dare publish names.
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Discussion 41 : 16 Aug 2012 at 15.2441
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Lip talk is not enough, action againsgt corrupted civile servants to prosecute them and sent them to jail as normal criminals will be the correct answer.
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Discussion 40 : 16 Aug 2012 at 15.1240
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"The Anti-Corruption Network representing private companies released a report in July saying under-the-table payments account for 50% of the costs of all government concessions."

Unfortunately, I believe that these numbers are for the most part true, and this problem has existed in all governments for decades. Thailand has an entrenched elite bureaucracy that is running every government agency regardless of who is holding power. Of course the elected officials will want a cut too and the majority gets the better deals, and the minority gets almost nothing. TS tried to get rid of the entrenched bureaucracy, (maybe for his own good who knows?) and you can see where it got him.
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Discussion 39 : 16 Aug 2012 at 14.4639
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Never was so much said by so few about doing so little....
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Discussion 38 : 16 Aug 2012 at 12.4538
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Yingluck Shinawatra government? I really don't understand this statement. Don't you have to do something and attend meetings to be called the head of a government? I think better to call it T.S government. He seems to do more of the leading.
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Discussion 37 : 16 Aug 2012 at 10.2737
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Sounds disingenuous to me, a govt appointing a committee to investigate complaints against itself for corruption. Put it this way 65%+ approve of corruption, more than half the voters at the last election approved of a govt run by some one convicted and standing trial for corruption, maybe we are wasting our time discussing this, corruption is what we the people apparently prefer.
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Discussion 36 : 16 Aug 2012 at 10.1736
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It might not be the only reason, but when you look at the most advanced, richest and most successful countries in Asia, they are the ones with the least or no corruption. When are people going to wake up to that fact and say enough is enough. Not in our lifetime, I suspect.
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Discussion 35 : 16 Aug 2012 at 10.1135
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Disc. 28 - My insertion of the word, "meaningful" was no accident.
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