Thailand anti-corruption commission members convicted for illegal pay raise News
Thailand anti-corruption commission members convicted for illegal pay raise

[JURIST] Thailand's Constitutional Court [official website] Thursday found the members of Thailand's anti-corruption commission, the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) [official website], guilty of illegally increasing their pay. The court, however, did not enforce possible two year jail sentences in light of all the good work the watchdog commission had done in the past. It is still unknown whether the commissioners will lose their jobs. Reuters has more.

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