复旦大学中国反洗钱研究中心-反洗钱新闻

反洗钱新闻

AML NEWS

中文新闻

英文新闻

专题新闻

专题评论

＋更多

相关视频

常州警方收缴单笔最多毒品

＋更多

专家名录

唐朱昌
教授，博士生导师。复旦大学中国反洗钱研究中心首任主任，复旦大学俄...

严立新
复旦大学国际金融学院教授，中国反洗钱研究中心执行主任，陆家嘴金...

陈浩然
复旦大学法学院教授、博士生导师；复旦大学国际刑法研究中心主任。...

何　萍
华东政法大学刑法学教授，复旦大学中国反洗钱研究中心特聘研究员，荷...

李小杰
安永金融服务风险管理、咨询总监，曾任蚂蚁金服反洗钱总监，复旦大学...

周锦贤
周锦贤先生，香港人，广州暨南大学法律学士，复旦大学中国反洗钱研究中...

童文俊
高级经济师，复旦大学金融学博士，复旦大学经济学博士后。现供职于中...

汤　俊
武汉中南财经政法大学信息安全学院教授。长期专注于反洗钱/反恐...

李　刚
生辰：1977.7.26 籍贯：辽宁抚顺民族：汉党派：九三学社职称：教授研究...

祝亚雄
祝亚雄，1974年生，浙江衢州人。浙江师范大学经济与管理学院副教授，博...

顾卿华
复旦大学中国反洗钱研究中心特聘研究员；现任安永管理咨询服务合伙...

张平
工作履历：曾在国家审计署从事审计工作，是国家第一批政府审计师；曾在...

上传时间： 2014-12-19 浏览次数：871次

Bhutan's king issues corruption warning

Fri, Dec 19, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/bhutans-king-issues-corruption-warning-150702548.html;_ylt=AwrBEiF7jpNUa1EA0zXQtDMD

The king of Bhutan on Thursday urged his people to be on their guard against corruption as their once isolated Himalayan nation grows more prosperous.

King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck said corruption -- a scourge of Bhutan's wealthier neighbours India and China -- was the greatest potential threat to his country's development.

"The highest probable risk to development that I foresee is corruption," he said in a national day speech.

"Our national development efforts will be hindered by unchecked corruption."

Bhutan is the only country in the world to pursue "Gross National Happiness", a development model that measures the mental as well as material well-being of citizens.

The king said that while it was good for the country to have ambitions of greater wealth, "we must also realise that increased workload compounds associated risks".

Bhutan has developed rapidly in recent years, as a new democratically elected government brings roads and electricity to rural areas.

The tiny kingdom was famously the last country to get television, finally embracing it in 1999, at a time when less than a quarter of households had electricity.

It ranks 30th on Transparency International's corruption perception index -- up from 45th position in 2008 and way above India at 85 and China at 100.

Nonetheless, there have been instances of official corruption.

Last week, three senior civil servants were removed from the foreign ministry after they wrote to the Indian government to complain about a magazine article alleging official corruption in Bhutan.

Local reports said they were being punished for sending the "strongly-worded" letter without the approval of the government.

The government is investigating the corruption allegation, which related to commissions for the awarding of state contracts.

Many Bhutanese feared that a 2008 shift to democracy would be accompanied by corruption once politicians took over the reins from their widely revered king.

Tenzing Lamsang, editor-in-chief at local newspaper The Bhutanese, said the monarchy had been instrumental in keeping a check on government corruption.

"His Majesty the King has constantly stressed on the dangers of corruption and recognised anti corruption efforts," Lamsang said.

"With the monarchy still having a strong influence on the hearts and minds of ordinary Bhutanese, such messages are taken seriously and have a strong societal impact."