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Top police at odds on hospital bomb probe

May 30, 2017 01:00
By THE NATION

THE COUNTRY’S two most senior police appeared to be split yesterday on the progress of inquiries into the bomb at the military-run Phramongkutklao Hospital last week.

While national police chief Chakthip Chaijinda said investigators had identified the suspect who planted a bomb at the hospital, Srivara Ransibrahmanakul his deputy and head of the investigation, said he was far from a conclusion and only “20-per-cent satisfied”. Srivara said even a sketch of a suspect that was widely reported by the media, indicated nothing.

“I give a zero score for that sketch. After checking all the evidence we have, I would say that only 20 per cent is satisfactory,” Srivara said after a meeting with his team yesterday.

However, Chakthip said earlier the investigation had been able to identify a suspect, although he refused to divulge any other details. He said that investigators were checking if the suspect was the same individual who planted two other bombs near the National Theatre on May 15 and in front of an old government lottery building last month.

The hospital bombing, which injured 25 people, took place on the third anniversary of the coup. The explosion appeared to send a political message to the junta as it exploded in the Wongsuwan Room, named after Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who oversees security matters for the military government.

Contrary to Chakthip, Srivara said his team had no clue on the identity of the suspect. “Based on our information, I think it is not enough to seek any arrest warrants from the court,” he said. “Sometimes only crazy people come out to point a finger. We cannot rely on such information.”

 More than 200 possible suspects had been suggested by many agencies, he said, noting that included more than 100 names from the Metropolitan Police and 80 to 90 from Special Branch. Different agencies had different information and none of it matched what others had, he said.

“The only thing I can say is that the bombers wanted to create chaos but I know neither their motivation nor political connection,” he said. “We don’t have enough information to suspect, let alone arrest, anybody.”

Srivara also said details disclosed recently from letters warning of a bomb and interrogation of hospital officials were useless, as they could not indicate anything about the bomb.

Asked if military personnel had interrogated some 40 to 50 people, Srivara said the police had not received such information from the military. He instructed his team to collect more evidence and information to make progress.

Commenting on speculation that fugitive red-shirt Wuthipong Kachathamkhun, alias Ko Tee, might have been behind the hospital blast, Chakthip said that investigators could not find clear evidence to implicate Wuthipong.

Chakthip said the deployment of over 200 police – with expertise and experience in bombing cases to handle inquiries into the three small blasts in Bangkok over recent weeks – was not an overreaction akin to “riding an elephant to capture a cricket”. Rather, it stemmed from the fact those behind the blasts operated in gangs.

Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, who appeared in public yesterday for the first time since the bomb, said authorities had questioned between 40 and 50 people, including staff, in the hunt for those involved.

 

Source : nationmultimedia.com

NRSA calls for 10-year review of charter and ‘political virtue system’

May 30, 2017 01:00
By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION

THE National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) yesterday endorsed a political reform proposal as part of the so-called national strategy, and promised that it could prevent future coups.

Proposed by the NRSA’s political reform committee, chaired by Seri Suwanpanont, the move includes two major points aimed at creating a stable, sustainable and democratic political system for a government that practices good governance.

One part calls for a major review of the Constitution after it has been in use for 10 years, to ensure that government moves fit national circumstances. During the first ten years, it could be amended following normal parliamentary procedures, but when it reaches 10 years, the review must be held regardless of any emerging challenges.

The proposal says any move to amend the charter should be done by a committee composed of members from both the Lower and Upper Houses.

Another part suggests having a ‘political virtue system’ via the reinforcement of a political culture in democratic law. The Act and the system, according to the plan, is seen as a way to help improve the morale of politicians, as well as voters.

Sompong Srakawee, chairman of the panel vetting the reform plan, said such proposals must be put in the 20-year national strategy because people were still worried and believed that politicians and their parties were immoral and corrupt.

Sompong implied that the reform plans could resolve concerns such as those aired recently by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha in the questions he asked Thai people to consider last week, which could resurface after an election.

He said stable politics was vital to the 20-year national strategy, which aims to ensure national security.

With regard to revision of the charter after 10 years, he said that would show that the new Constitution could be revised.

Review of charter ‘an option’

Should were issues that arise before that period, people should wait for a decade so the opinions of the public and politicians can be heeded.

Seri said any revision of the charter was optional. The approach was designed to open options for reviewing the charter when necessary and that did not mean it must always be revisited.

He said the results of political reform of the national strategy would be seen in 20 years after five governments.

Seri said there should be a social contract binding both the state and the people to maintain the three pillars: the nation, the monarchy, and religion.

The reform proposal could be an answer to Prayut’s recent questions, he said.

NRSA members welcomed the plan and passed it with 158 votes for, two against and eight abstentions. They said revision of the Constitution could be prescribed in the national strategy, although the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) had laid out mechanisms to make amendments difficult.

After passing the NRSA, the proposal would go to Cabinet, the super-committee overseeing reform, reconciliation, and national strategy, and the National Legislative Assembly.

 

Source : nationmultimmedia.com

Civilian killed, four others wounded in gunfire, blast in northern Baghdad

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed, four others were wounded in gunfire, IED blast that took place in north Baghdad, police sources said on Sunday.

“Unknown armed persons opened fire against a civilian while getting out of his house in al-Rashidiya, causing his immediate death,” the source told AlSumaria News.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source said, “security troops cordoned off the accident spot.”

Meanwhile, another police source said, “A bomb, placed on the side of the road in al-Mushahda region in Tarmiyah district, north of Baghdad, exploded in the morning causing injury of four civilians.”

Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State Sunni extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Violence and armed conflicts claimed the lives of 317 Iraqis, and caused injuries to 403 others during the month of April, according to a monthly count by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).

Nineveh, where U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops are caught up in battles against Islamic State militants in Mosul since October, came on top of the most affected governorate, with 276 casualties (153 killed, 123 injured). Baghdad Governorate came next with 55 killed and 179 injured. Salahuddin came third, with 15 killed and 43 injured.

 

Source : Iraqi News

Fourteen Islamic State militants killed in Mosul’s Old City: Federal Police

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Fourteen Islamic State militants were killed and motorbikes were destroyed in Mosul’s Old City, the Federal Police declared on Monday.

In a statement, Lt.Gen.Shaker Jawdat said, “Federal Police troops in al-Zanjili district, north of the Old City, are deploying addition troops toward al-Sihha district in order to gain control on all of the area, amid missile shelling.”

“The selling targets IS defenses ahead of advancing,” he said adding that “The drone shelling left 14 militants killed and nine motorbikes in the narrow alleys of the Old City, destroyed.”

The Old City is home of the ancient Grand Nuri Mosque, from which the group’s Supreme Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gave a famous sermon in 2014 declaring the establishment of the ‘caliphate’

Previously in May, the Joint Operations Command said more than 16,000 IS fighters were killed since start of Mosul operations in October.

Iraqi commanders say they at least 90 percent of territories in western Mosul is under Iraqi troops control, predicting to retake the city before the end of May. Only two districts besides the Old City are under IS control.

Iraqi forces have been sweeping through northwestern neighborhoods over the past few weeks in a way to invade the strategic Old City, after finding it hard to invade from the south.

The eastern side of Mosul was retaken in January after three months of battles. Another major offensive was launched in February to recapture the western flank of the city.

 

Source : Iraqi News

Sheikh Mohammed has Iftar with UAQ ruler in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, exchanged the Ramadan greetings with His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Umm Al Quwain, at Zabeel Palace on Monday evening.

The event was attended by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain.

.@HHShkMohd, Ruler of Umm Al-Quwain exchange #Ramadan greetings pic.twitter.com/SeywBJS8Oq

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) May 29, 2017

 

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid also exchanged the greetings with a number of ministers, senior officials and dignitaries on the occasion. They all wished well to the wise leadership, more welfare for the people of the UAE, and progress to the nation.

محمد بن راشد وسعود بن راشد المعلا يتبادلان التهاني بشهر #رمضان المبارك #الامارات pic.twitter.com/ct4i5FLQBD

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) May 29, 2017

 

Among others present were H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group, Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Director-General of Dubai Information Department, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, and Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

 

Source : Khaleej Times

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‘Favours granted’: ATO’s Michael Cranston let taxpayer off prosecution hook

MAY 30 2017 – 7:18AM

Noel Towell

Senior tax official Michael Cranston was investigated by the ATO’s anti-fraud unit last year over claims he improperly used his influence to have a court case against a “high-wealth individual” dropped, internal Tax Office documents reveal.

Although the deputy commissioner of taxation was cleared by the probe, the public servant who was ordered to drop the case is demanding a “proper and independent” investigation and says they were ordered to act outside proper ATO procedures in stopping the prosecution.

ATO deputy commissioner Michael Cranston allegedly ordered public servants to drop a court case as a favour to accounting giant KPMG.  Photo: AAP

A cache of Tax Office documents seen by Fairfax show Mr Cranston, who is facing criminal charges linked to the alleged “Plutus” payroll scam, was approached about the case by the taxpayers’ accountant, a partner with accounting giant KPMG, on the day in late 2015 before the matter was due in court.

Mr Cranston then told another senior Tax Office executive to “look at this matter urgently” and speak directly to the accountant, whose client was in trouble for failing to lodge GST returns.

When the prosecuting tax officials were ordered by a third senior public servant to drop the case and instead send the taxpayer a warning letter, they were told he had a good compliance history and that he did not owe the Tax Office any money.

The prosecution team’s protests, that the man did not have a good compliance history and actually owed the Tax Office $110,000, fell on deaf ears, according to the complaint.

The Tax Office declined on Monday to answer questions about the case, saying whistleblower protection legislation prevented it from making any comment and KPMG did not respond to questions.

The internal emails show the frontline public servants struggling to justify the orders from above to withdraw the prosecution.

“On what basis am I withdrawing that fits current practice and/or procedure,” one tax officer asked their boss.

“Ummm, that’s a tough one,” replied the supervisor.

When a member of the prosecution reported the affair internally, they alleged Mr Cranston used his influence to to confer an advantage on the KPMG client.

“I find it wrong that that a taxpayer gets treated in a way because of influence and other do not get the same treatment,” the public servants told investigators.

But five months after making the detailed complaint, the prosecution team member received a three-line email from a member of the Internal Investigations team stating “there is no evidence to support misconduct or criminality against any person.”

A request for a formal investigation report did not get a response.

The internal whistleblower whose disclosures launched the inquiry and who is no longer employed by the Tax Office, still has grave concerns and wants and “independent and proper” investigation into the matter.

The new revelations look set to increase the pressure for an inquiry into the Tax Office’s internal culture with its top bosses due to be grilled in Senate estimates in Canberra on Tuesday.

The internal whistleblower has supplied a dossier of documents to shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh, claiming the protections of the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

In the attached complaint, made through the public servant’s union, The Australian Services Union, the whistleblower demands an independent investigation into “the extent of favours granted by [senior executive service] tax officers to large public and private groups and high wealth individuals”.

The whistleblower also wants a fresh probe into the November 2015 affair to determine if Mr Cranston or other have breached the public service code of conduct.

Mr Cranston is currently suspended without pay as he faces charges of of abusing his position as a public official and is due to appear in court in June

His son, Adam Cranston, 30, and his daughter, Lauren Anne Cranston, 24, have also been charged over the alleged $165 million payroll scam.

 Source : The Canberra Times

Canberra weather: Tuesday one of the coldest mornings of the year

It was impossible to miss the chill in the air on Tuesday as Canberra shivered through one of its coldest mornings of the month.

And residents better get used to it, with morning temperatures set to fall even lower as the week progresses.

It was minus 4 degrees in Canberra this morning, our second coldest temperature of the year. Photo: Phil Staines

With still, clear skies and a thick morning frost, temperatures dropped as low as minus 4C.

Throughout this year it has only been colder once, when the mercury dropped to a chilly minus 4.4C at Canberra Airport on Monday, May 8.

Morning lows will stay around minus 3C between Wednesday and Friday, before dropping to minus 4C on Saturday and minus 5C on Sunday.

The good news is that there is not a rain cloud in sight for the rest of the week, and calm, sunny days are on the cards after braving the morning frost.

Historical climate data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows that, for May, the average lowest temperature is 2.3C.

The lowest daily temperature recorded in May since 2008 is minus 6.9C, which was recorded on May 15, 2011.

The lowest yearly temperature, as measured at Canberra Airport, was minus 8C on July 29 2011.

 

Nothing like scraping ice off your car to remind you that you’re alive and also that everything is terrible. #Canberra

— Richard Norman (@duckbytheoboe) May 29, 2017

 

Meanwhile, Sydney has recorded its coldest May night in nearly two decades, but the temperature there didn’t even hit zero.

 

Source : The Canberra Times