Philippines pre-State of the Nation address / India media reward program / Thailand police force investigation

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SONA 2021: Duterte's anti-corruption legacy: What he said he'll do vs. what he's actually done.  “[With] less than a year to go before he leaves Malacañang, and with the problem still entrenched in some of the government's most corrupt agencies, Duterte has clearly failed to fulfill a major campaign promise.”

AC Nicholls/CNN Philippines: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/7/19/sona-2021-corruption-rodrigo-duterte-administration.html  

 

Why Paying the Media to Uncover Corruption Would Work in India (Blog).  “A rewards program would give media outlets stronger incentive to uncover and report on forms of corruption that are more likely to result in some form of redress, rather than focusing only on those stories that will generate the most “clicks,” regardless of substance…[it] would give media outlets a strong incentive to keep a given case in the news so as to put pressure on the government to prosecute it.”

Disha Verma/The Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2021/07/16/why-paying-the-media-to-uncover-corruption-would-work-in-india/  

 

Rooting out graft in the force.  “[The Thai police] inspector-general Visanu Prasattongosoth may not have taken up many combat roles during his time in the force, but his strong resolve has allowed him to accomplish the missions he has at hand. Indeed…[he] will need plenty of resolve and hard work to complete his latest assignment -- leading a panel investigating fellow officers suspected of colluding to let Red Bull scion, Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, off the hook in his infamous 2012 hit-and-run case.”

Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2150947/rooting-out-graft-in-the-force  

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