PACC sets up panels to probe 515 rice-scheme cases
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The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has appointed sub-committees to investigate 515 cases, out of nearly 1,000, in relation to alleged irregularities stemming from the previous government’s rice pledging scheme.
PACC secretary general Prayong Priyachit said yesterday he remained confident the investigation of all cases would be completed within six months.
Prayong said he would head a meeting next week of all investigators to give instructions on how the inspection should be carried out. The PACC was also considering doing a guidebook on how to investigate cases tied to mortgages of agricultural products for officials who have to examine and collecting evidence, he said.
The 986 cases the PACC is probing for malfeasance relate to state officials who worked on the rice-pledging scheme.
