New 'menus for graft' in Democrat's book
The Democrats yesterday launched a 'black paper' titled "Menus for Corruption in Thaksin's Regime", giving details of 34 projects suspected of corruption.
They said they would send the book to government agencies and embassies to study. Deputy party leader Alongkorn Pollabutr, who also heads the party's corruption investigation team, said the book was a revelation of the various forms of corruption during the five years of the Thaksin Shinawatra government. He said he will send the book to the government, the Council for National Security, the Assets Examination Committee, as well as the media and the embassies of foreign countries in Thailand and Thai embassies abroad. The book, priced at Bt150 a copy, includes information of corruption on many projects that are now under investigation, including the procurement of the CTX 9000 bomb scanners, the rubber saplings scandal and alleged tax evasion in the Shin Corp share sales. The book is written by several Democrats and academics, including former Transport Minister Winai Sompong and former ambassador Kasit Piromya. Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said the book should be useful for anti-corruption campaigners as it explored the forms or methods of corruption, which kept changing all the time. Yossawadee Hongthong The Nation
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