With his political future in question, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha circled back today to his original justification for bringing down civilian rule and seizing power eight years ago: corruption.
In comments marking International Anti-Corruption Day, 68-year-old Prayuth insisted that he not only wouldn’t tolerate corruption within his government, he also vowed to fight all injustices, and denied with a totally straight face ever being corrupt.
“I am speaking about this today because I’ve never been corrupt. If I was corrupt I would not be able to show my face to all Thai people,” he said at a panel discussion. “As the person in charge of policies, there absolutely won’t be any corruption in policies, and if anyone is wrong, they must be punished accordingly.”
Much like Communism was the bogeyman used by his dictator forebears, Prayuth conjured a…
