STANCHING CORRUPTION & THAKSIN

VERTIGINOUS MILITARY MUST SHOW RESULTS WHILE KEEPING DEMOCRACY
The past one year has brought an upheaval in Thailand’s political landscape, and with an end to Thaksin’s long controversial political regime in the recent military coup, Thailand definitely has a reason to cheer. But what has surprised everybody is that Thaksin has managed to whisk away a substantial amount of booty he had amassed during his regime. Of course, three separate panels have been constituted to start investigating into the charges of corruption against him. He first came under scrutiny when he sold his family owned telecom company to a Singapore based investment firm for $2 billion tax free. What started then was a continuous public pressure for his resignation.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Initiative:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006