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Thailand’s anti-corruption commission to probe Rolls Royce bribes

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on March 9 said it will investigate senior officials and employees of the national-flag carrier Thai Airways over bribes paid more than a decade ago by Rolls-Royce.
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Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’sNational Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on March 9 said it will investigatesenior officials and employees of the national-flag carrier Thai Airways overbribes paid more than a decade ago by Rolls-Royce.

There are enough facts and witnesses toinvestigate the allegations, announced the NACC.

The commission added that the probe willcentre on the transport minister and deputy minister, the Thai Airways’s boardand its long-term investment sub-committee between 2004 and 2005 over a deal tobuy six passenger jets with Rolls-Royce engines.

In January 2016, Britain’s Serious FraudOffice announced Rolls Royce paid huge sums over three decades to win contractsin Indonesia, Thailand, India, Nigeria, China and Malaysia.

The British jet engine producer admittedto wrongdoing and agreed to pay an 808 million USD fine. However, the UK probehas sparked follow up investigations in some of the countries where the bribeswere received.

The UK fraud probe, its largest case sofar, found some 36 million USD of bribes and incentives were spent during 1991and 2005 for intermediaries, including Thai government officials and ThaiAirways employees, to help the company win jet engine deals.

Thai Airways announcedits own investigation into the case on January 19.

The bribery allegedly occurred during aperiod of rapid growth in Thailand. -VNA

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