Thailand: NRSA approves death penalty for corruption exceeding 1 billion baht

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijllV38aGvGLPCNSINutaJhZ1TYHL0H5PCkuYlPgQl7az2JBW8ZSvHBzVb85HiiwDfSOvdzuD8KWDMDUBrvmTbtG1MkhtR1JRDDvopBnBhkgeAjrrw_JJAjPI6O5Gguv_IihJXMNFmX2E/s1600/No+more+corruption+Thailand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijllV38aGvGLPCNSINutaJhZ1TYHL0H5PCkuYlPgQl7az2JBW8ZSvHBzVb85HiiwDfSOvdzuD8KWDMDUBrvmTbtG1MkhtR1JRDDvopBnBhkgeAjrrw_JJAjPI6O5Gguv_IihJXMNFmX2E/s400/No+more+corruption+Thailand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The National Reform Steering Assembly unanimously endorsed by 155 votes with 7 abstentions a report by its political reform panel which proposed <a href="http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2017/01/thailand-mulls-death-penalty-for.html" target="_blank">stiffer penalties, including death, against corrupt politicians</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr Seri Suwanpanont, chair of the NRSA's political reform committee, clarified after the assembly meeting that corruption has been a serious problem that has undermined the country for a long time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He claimed that his panel did not initiate the capital punishment but merely complied with the Criminal Code without any intention to hurt any particular group of people but merely intended to discourage people from getting involved in corruption.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides, he noted that only a handful of people who amassed more than 1 billion baht in ill-gotten gains from corrupt practices.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The report proposed varying degrees of punishments in accordance with the amount of money amassed from corruption: 5 years for amount less than 1 million baht; 10 years from amounts over 1 million baht up to 10 million baht; 20 years for amounts over 10 million baht up to 100 million baht; life imprisonment for amounts over 100 million baht up to 1 billion baht; and death penalty for amount exceeding 1 billion baht.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seri defended that the report was meant to make it clear to political office holders of the consequences they would face if they are corrupt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr Kasit Bhiromya, an assemblyman, rejected the death penalty, saying that as a Buddhist, he disagreed with the capital punishment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The report will be fine-tuned before it is sent to the cabinet, the National Legislative Assembly, the Constitution Drafting Committee, the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Constitutional Court, the Election Commission and the National Human Rights Commission for consideration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Source: pattayamail.com, January 11, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td> <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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Thailand: NRSA approves death penalty for corruption exceeding 1 billion baht

The National Reform Steering Assembly unanimously endorsed by 155 votes with 7 abstentions a report by its political reform panel which prop...

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Thailand mulls death penalty for corrupt public officials

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfPjNmwFrRgRNB9vjbrK2UUmDGv_jGFpHMHMWU2dByrwbynX1eLivIGPV4JkfaQ6Ng9_7L8qy1KXBaSXSgVnQ_dByhWZguqYjZ6QmWp3EHmaB6OgBWg7GZDiMNpCD0Q0EXJaO4QueRkA/s1600/No+more+corruption+Thailand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfPjNmwFrRgRNB9vjbrK2UUmDGv_jGFpHMHMWU2dByrwbynX1eLivIGPV4JkfaQ6Ng9_7L8qy1KXBaSXSgVnQ_dByhWZguqYjZ6QmWp3EHmaB6OgBWg7GZDiMNpCD0Q0EXJaO4QueRkA/s400/No+more+corruption+Thailand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Corrupt public officials in Thailand could be staring on the death penalty should a proposal by the country's National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) for a stiffer sentence is adopted by the government.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under the proposed sentence, which will be tabled tomorrow, public officials who committed graft and caused more than Baht1 billion (RM1=7.9Baht) of losses to the country could be sentenced to death.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The NRSA will consider these proposal on Jan 9 (tomorrow)," said NRSA chairperson Thinnapan Nakata, who expected heated debate on the proposal among the 200-members of the assembly, to the local media today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The proposal was made by NRSA's political reform steering committee chaired by Seree Suwanpanont, as part of NRSA's report on the regulation and scrutiny on government power.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The committee suggested that inspections on public officials should be carried out in the same manner as that used on politicians.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Besides the proposed death sentence on convicted public officials who caused more than Baht1 billion of losses, it also proposed an imprisonment for 5 years for those who caused not more than Baht1 million losses to the state.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For officials who inflicted losses between 1 million baht to 10 million baht to the state, they could face 10 years in jail and 20 years imprisonment if they are guilty of losses between 10 million baht to 100 million baht.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, a life sentence awaits public officials who are convicted of corruption which causes the country to suffer losses amounting between 100 million baht to 1 billion baht, according to the proposal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the proposal is adopted by the NRSA, it will be submitted to the cabinet, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and the Constitution Drafting Committee for further deliberations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The proposal to impose the death penalty on corrupt public officials followed a recent proposal for a similar sentence on corrupt politicians for "selling and buying" political positions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The proposal by the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) under the draft organic law for political parties received strong opposition from the political parties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">CDC chairperson Meechai Ruchupan has been quoted as saying that the maximum death penalty was aimed at deterring corrupt people from getting involved in politics.</div><br />Source: malaysiakini.com, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; 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Thailand mulls death penalty for corrupt public officials

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