Anti-Corruption - Industry News

Police seal off Dino Melaye’s anti-corruption conference, By Ogala Emmanuel, Posted on Premium Times

Scores of armed police officers, on Tuesday sealed off a Nicon Luxury hotel conference room where an anti-corruption conference was planned.The anti-corruption conference was planned by an organization promoted by former House of Representatives member turned anti-corruption campaigner, Dino Melaye. The police arrived in the early hours of the day with combat officers, including anti-terrorism squads, to carry out the seal-off of only the conference room the anti-corruption campaigners rented for the conference. [Read More…]

Former German president to face trial, Posted on Bangkok Post

BERLIN – For the first time ever, Germany will be putting a former president on trial on Thursday, with Christian Wulff, 54, accused of violating anti-corruption rules before he became German head of state. Mr Wulff resigned last year, amid sleaze allegations in the media. Prosecutors rejected most of the claims, but one remains: that he let a friend pay his 700-euro (29,600 baht) hotel bill when he and his wife went to Munich’s Oktoberfest beer festival in 2008. [Read More…]