Anupong has no qualms about sacking corrupt officials
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Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said yesterday that if any ministry officials on the graft blacklist were proven corrupt, he would suspend or sack them immediately "If it's clear, I'm ready to take action, otherwise we may need a special power to dea
He would wait for the results of the investigation by the Auditor-General’s Office and the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha would resort to Article 44 to take legal action against some officials on the list, he said.
The premier has given him some names from the blacklist of 115 officials suspected of corruption and his ministry was considering if there was cogent evidence of irregularities.
If that was the case, his ministry can take legal action against them, otherwise he would ask the PM if he would resort to other laws to deal with them.
Besides the 115 Interior Ministry names – from both permanent officials and local administrators – three from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration were on the blacklist, he said.
Four of the 115 were high-ranking officials, he added.
