Data centre to keep tabs on corruption

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has opened a centre for data analysis in an effort to prevent misconduct and corruption among state agencies.

Niwatchai Kasemmongkol, secretary-general and spokesman for NACC, on Wednesday said the Corruption Deterrence Centre (CDC) will closely monitor information on alleged acts of corruption submitted by various agencies and the media.

Mr Niwatchai said that once the information is obtained by the CDC it will be loaded into its database and analysed.

The centre will gather data from both domestic and international networks.

NACC officials will be assigned to further gather first-hand information related to the data and conduct further investigations, Mr Niwatchai said.

Phuthep Taweechotthanakun, NACC assistant spokesman, said the CDC’s efforts will help Thailand deal with increasingly complex forms of…