Anticorruption fight at risk in Indonesia / A drop of water that explains the ocean of corruption / Keep Supoj off (Thailand’s) Justice Ministry sub-committee: corruption watchdog

Anticorruption fight at risk as Supreme Court acquits another high-profile graft defendant. "The (Indonesia) Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has once again hit a wall in its fight against corruption after the Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of the former head of state-run electricity company PLN, Sofyan Basir, the latest graft suspect to evade conviction. His acquittal was formalized in a court ruling dated June 16, in which the Supreme Court rejected the KPK's appeal against a not-guilty verdict handed down by the Jakarta Corruption Court last year. Previously, KPK investigators detained the former PLN president director for allegedly receiving bribes in relation to a coal-fired power plant (PLTU) project in Riau province." 

 

Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/06/19/anticorruption-fight-at-risk-as-supreme-court-acquits-another-high-profile-graft-defendant.html 

 

 

A drop of water that explains the ocean of corruption (opinion). "For over 10 years that I have been following conferences on the use of Official Development Assistance (ODA), corruption and public sector inefficiency have always been hot topics. It was Vu Khoan, former Vietnamese Vice President, who used the term "petty corruption" in the early years of the new millennium. He meant the bribes that had to be paid to public workers, from customs officials to traffic police, to get anything done in Vietnam – the" envelope culture". However, we need to realize that this petty corruption is not petty at all. It is the brick used to build the edifice that shocks and awes us from time to time." 

 

Cam Ha / VN Express :https://e.vnexpress.net/news/perspectives/a-drop-of-water-that-explains-the-ocean-of-corruption-4112623.html 

 

 

Keep Supoj off (Thailand's) Justice Ministry sub-committee: corruption watchdog. "The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) on Sunday submitted an open letter to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, voicing opposition to the appointment of Supoj Saplom, a former permanent secretary for transport, to sit on a sub-committee tasked with studying a project for rehabilitation and development of inmates. The appointment of Mr Supoj came only months after he completed a jail term for false asset declarations. The ACT said in the letter that the constitution of Thailand bars people who lack morality, ethics and good governance from taking part in the country's administrative affairs." 

  

Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1938572/keep-supoj-off-justice-ministry-sub-committee-corruption-watchdog