Thailand hosts SEA-PAC / Indonesia youth corruption / Singapore airport bribery

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15th South East Asia Parties Against Corruption (SEA-PAC) Principals Meeting.  The Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand (ONACC) will host the 15th SEA-PAC Principals Meeting between 8-10 October 2019. This year, the ten ASEAN anti-corruption agencies will meet in Bangkok to discuss greater cooperation in all dimensions. 

For more information on ONACC’s work: https://www.nacc.go.th/main.php?filename=index_en

Thank you to Alisa Rukbankerd, the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand for sharing this article.

 

Young faces of graft: Better prevention campaigns needed (Opinion).  “The youth, many assume, are far less prone to corruption. Yet data of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) show that, as of 2018, 75 people being processed by the commission were 20 to 40 years of age.”

Alvin Nicola/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2019/10/04/young-faces-of-graft-better-prevention-campaigns-needed.html 

 

To ship gold to India, man bribed Changi Airport logistics worker to under-report baggage weight.  Gopal offered to give Patel sums of money and treat him to meals, and Patel agreed to the arrangement. They kept in contact by phone, with Patel informing Gopal of the specific check-in counter to go to, so he could carry out the under-reporting of baggage weight.

Lydia Lam/Channel NewsAsia: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/changi-airport-bribe-gold-india-baggage-weight-tigerair-11925688

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