Myanmar land corruption / Thailand House committee / Maldives ex-president convicted

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Myanmar’s Ant-Graft Body Sues Land Management Official for Corruption.  “According to a statement by the ACC, U Win Aung, the former deputy head of the Agriculture Farmland Management and Statistics Department for Ye Township, asked 14 farmers for a total of about 5 million kyats (US$3,340) when they were applying to regain possession of farmland that was taken and then abandoned by the Myanmar military.”

Zaw Zaw Thwe/The Irrawaddy: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmars-ant-graft-body-sues-land-management-official-corruption.html

 

People fed up with House anti-corruption committee: Poll.  “A slight majority of people [51.51%] say the unending squabbling in [Thailand’s] House Committee on Corruption Suppression chaired by Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temiyavej is frustrating and should be stopped, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute for Development Administration”

Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1806114/people-fed-up-with-house-anti-corruption-committee-poll

 

Abdulla Yameen: Maldives ex-leader convicted of money laundering.  Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been sentenced to five years in prison; with charges focused on a payment of $1m (£770,000) by a private company that was supposed to go to the state as fees for leasing land for tourism development, which went instead to Yameen's bank account.

BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50590921

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