Corruption and climate action / Bhutan investigation hurdles / Thailand Corrections department case

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World leaders at COP26: urgently shift perspectives to prevent corruption from crippling climate action.  “Transparency International is urging world leaders to bolster transparency, accountability and integrity to ensure effective action against climate crisis…Climate crisis is also a governance challenge, but the need for anti-corruption safeguards has so far been largely absent from climate talks.”

Transparency International: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/cop26-shift-perspectives-prevent-corruption-crippling-climate-action#  

 

Corruption: hurdle to change and progress.  “Investigators are already seeing a new challenge as they expose more and more people. If those being investigated use their “networks” to interfere in the investigations, we are not helping ourselves. The [Bhutan Anti-Corruption Commission] had warned that those trying to interfere and “frustrate the investigation will face rigorous examination and will not be spared from legal consequences.” What we need today is cooperation to help strengthen our systems including fixing accountability.”

Kuensel: https://kuenselonline.com/corruption-hurdle-to-change-and-progress/  

 

Prison staff fired for graft, murder offences.  “[Thailand’s] Department of Corrections (DoC) has dismissed 10 officials for serious misconduct including corruption, gross negligence and smuggling forbidden items into prisons…The names of the officials were not given.”

King-oua Laohong: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2210595/prison-staff-fired-for-graft-murder-offences  

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