Myanmar leaders charged / Thailand overseas trial / Japan officials ethics code

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Myanmar Junta Lobs Corruption Claim at Senior NLD Leaders.  “[Military spokesman] Zaw Min Tun claimed that Myanmar’s Anti-Corruption Commission, now stacked with junta appointees, was investigating senior NLD officials for possible financial crimes.”

Sebastian Strangio/The Diplomat: https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/myanmar-junta-lobs-corruption-claim-at-senior-nld-leaders/    

 

Thai woman now in California over huge Navy corruption case.  “A former executive for a Singapore-based defense contractor linked to a sweeping corruption scandal that cost the [US] Navy some $35 million appeared…in a California courtroom to face federal charges.”

Associated Press: https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-asia-leonard-francis-california-classified-information-ded6f009a3d46ad8e0115db1e2ad5127    

 

Japan's ethics code for officials in focus as dining scandal rumbles on.  “Recent revelations that senior communications ministry officials were lavishly wined and dined by Seigo Suga, the eldest son of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and other officials at a broadcasting firm have revived concerns and criticism about the ethics of bureaucrats, and questions about what constitutes a proper relationship between civil servants and those they oversee.”

Eric Johnston/The Japan Times: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/12/national/corruption-ethics-seigo-suga-explainer/   

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