Corruption

S. Korea, Bhutan Share Anti-Corruption Efforts

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) held a meeting with Bhutan officials from Nov. 21 to 26 on the eradication of corruption, ACRC spokesman Kim Dok-man said Tuesday. Six commission members gave advice on solving systematic problems and corruption cases related to construction to officials at the Bhutanese Anti-Corruption Commission and Ministry of Agriculture, Kim said. The ACRC has spearheaded such efforts in Asia with funding from the United Nations Development Progra...

Singye refutes ACC indictment

Almost three weeks after the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) implicated senior officials of the department of roads (DoR) and Singye Construction for serious lapses in the construction of the Thimphu expressway, Singye Group of Companies responded to the media refuting the ACC findings. In a written submission, signed by the vice chairman, Ugen Tsechup Dorji, they said that the investigation report compiled by ACC and publicised in the media was absolutely “absurd, false and immoral”. ...