Abstract:
The reason that the investigation, over the government officials committing corruption in their office, undertaken by the Commission of Counter Corruption (C.C.C.) not being able to effectively attain the objective laid down in the Counter Corruption Act B.E. 2518 are various. According to this research, the fact that the provisions of this Act, though amended once in B.E. 2530, dont fully facilitate the investigation of the C.C.C. constitutes one of the major factors. In fact, the amendment of this Act doesnt cover some important aspects such as it doesnt - emphasize the importance of the C.C.C. s investigation over the government official corruption which constitutes the criminal offence - determine the criteria for the selection and qualifications of the C.C.C. and its sub-committees members necessary to carry out efficiently the investigation - grant enough powers to the C.C.C. for the investigation - confer adequate authorities to the Secretary-General and provide guaranties in securing him in holding office. Moreover, after handling the case to the inquiry official, the C.C.C. cant make any objection to the inquiry official or public prosecutors opinion. Besides the investigators of the office of the C.C.C. are not well trained enough to perform their duties efficiently. To cope with these problems, its highly recommended that the present Counter Corruption Act should be amended in consideration of all the aspects mentioned above and the personnel of the O.C.C.C. should be better trained in order to gain more knowledge and experience in the investigation.