Corruption most government in Asia have, it's just how well it
is concealed.
If you have your relatives and good friends in all those high
positions, it is easily conceal because there are no whistle
blowers.
Take Thaksin for example, when he was in power there was no
whisper of corruption, but after he lost power, investigations into
his business dealings, it was found that he had used government
funds for his own benefit.
He gave loans to one Asian country, but that Asian country must
use the loan to purchase goods and services from his private
company.
In the Myanmar case, an army-appointed graft panel accused
Thaksin of ordering a state bank in 2004 to increase the size of a
loan to the military-ruled former Burma to
buy telecoms equipment from a unit of Shin Corp, the telecoms
conglomerate Thaksin built.
The deal caused the bank to lose 670 million baht ($20
million), the panel alleged. Thaksin has denied any wrongdoing, as
he has in several other investigations launched against
him.
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