THE EMBEZZLEMENT of state funds often sees officials in the provinces stealing money from regional budgets before it is to be legitimately distributed and then sending it to corrupt supervisors in central agencies, a former National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) member, who asked to remain anonymous, has said.

The so-far fruitless push for national reconciliation suddenly has a new focus with a proposal tossed into the public sphere by Seree Suwanpanont, chairman of the National Reform Steering Assembly’s political reform committee. His suggestion is that legal