Myanmar construction sector / Afghanistan virtual training / Thailand budget approval

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State Counsellor promises to continue support construction sector.  “U Barat Singh, Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, met with the Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association to discuss a new tender system for the construction sector that is both fair and transparent. “The current system lacks transparency and corruption exists in the form of bribes and other means,” said U Tun Tun, a representative from the association who attended the meeting”

Yee Ywal Myint/Myanmar Times: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/state-counsellor-promises-continue-supporting-construction-sector.html  

 

UNDP continues to train virtually with COVID-19 precautions.  “UNDP Afghanistan provided a 3-day virtual training…for judges and prosecutors of the Afghanistan Anti-Corruption Justice Centre (ACJC) to strengthen their capacity to address corruption cases…on the topic of “Expert Witness and Expert Evidence””

UNDP in Afghanistan: https://www.af.undp.org/content/afghanistan/en/home/presscenter/articles/2020/TrainVirtuallywithCOVID-19Precautions.html

 

Probe into sub-panel 'graft' on cards.  “Mr Sira [Jenjaka, the chairman of the House committee on laws, justice and human rights] said he will call for a committee vote on…whether a probe should be conducted into the allegations the MPs demanded a bribe of 5 million baht [approx. US$160,000] in return for passing a budget allocation earmarked for a groundwater pump project.”

Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/1967247/probe-into-sub-panel-graft-on-cards  

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