UNGASS grand corruption / Thailand hit-and-run injustice / Indonesia ex-election commissioner

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Impunity for Grand Corruption – a problem too big for international community to ignore (Blog).  “If [Unied Nations General Assembly Special Session against Corruption [UNGASS] 2021 agrees to concrete measures to prevent and combat grand corruption, it could have a transformative impact on our societies and help us get closer to achieving our shared Sustainable Development Goals.”

Mats Benestad/Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/impunity-for-grand-corruption-too-big-to-ignore-ungass-2021

 

PM's panel finds graft in Boss case.  “The chairman of [Thai] prime minister's committee reviewing the aborted hit-and-run case of Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya said his panel saw "injustice" and the "shadow of corruption" in past handling of the prosecution… the process had been delayed for 7-8 years and there had been as many as 14 petitions for justice before charges were dropped, he said.”

Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1975227/pms-panel-finds-graft-in-boss-case

 

Former KPU commissioner gets six years in prison for election bribery.  “The Jakarta Corruption Court has handed down a six-year prison sentence for [Indonesia’s] former General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan after finding him guilty of accepting…around $47,350 in bribes from Indoneseia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Saeful Bahri in exchange for helping PDI-P cadre Harun Masiku secure a seat to replace a deceased politician in the House of Representatives”

Ghina Ghaliya/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/08/24/former-kpu-commissioner-gets-six-years-in-prison-for-election-bribery.html

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