Second list of corrupt officials may go to PACC
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THE NATIONAL Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday showed its readiness to forward a second list of corrupt government officials to the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), revealing the list might comprise some high-ranking officials.
“The NACC office is gathering and scrutinising the list of corrupt officials and will forward it to the PACC,” NACC secretary-general Sansern Poljiak said. “The list will be forwarded and discussed at the NACC meeting before its is handed to General Paiboon Koomchaya, chairman of the PACC.”
Meanwhile, the first list of bureaucrats allegedly involved in graft was forwarded to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha last Friday.
Sansern explained that the first list comprised the names of 10-15 local government officials who had been indicted by the NACC for receiving money via procurements.
He said the NACC process of forwarding the list was intended to scrutinise government officials who had already been indicted, but who had not been punished by their agencies and were still active in their posts. The NACC must be thorough and careful in this, he said.
He said the process had to be done carefully because the project was supposed to bring about justice. If some of the people on the list were proven to be innocent, it could affect the working of the PACC, so the NACC will not be hasty about |forwarding the names.
When asked if the second list from the NACC might comprise high-ranking officials such as district chief officers, vice governors or governors, Sansern said the scrutiny normally includes high-ranking officials such as governors, vice governors, permanent secretaries and directors general of ministries.
If these high-ranking government officials fit the criteria of |corruption and the agency received complaints along with evidence, those officials would be indicted first.
