2 Points: For all his faults, Thaksin delivered to a lot more Thais than any king ever did.
That's why he had to go.
Second, I still maintain someone bunged AstraZ executives lots of dosh to get distribution rights for S.A. Asia, not just for Thailand.
While it’s not impossible, I would say it’s highly unlikely that AZ got involved with this kind of corruption with the compliance systems they must have in place for such decisions. It would be a major issue for AZ globally if they were caught up in a corruption scandal related to their vaccines. I subscribe to Andrew’s suggestion that it was ignorance to the shortcomings of the Thai government and royal institutions, which wasn’t brought to light in their hastily executed due diligence, although it’s widely known that the PM is a coup maker and as such a illegitimate leader by most international measures.
2 Points: For all his faults, Thaksin delivered to a lot more Thais than any king ever did.
That's why he had to go.
Second, I still maintain someone bunged AstraZ executives lots of dosh to get distribution rights for S.A. Asia, not just for Thailand.
While it’s not impossible, I would say it’s highly unlikely that AZ got involved with this kind of corruption with the compliance systems they must have in place for such decisions. It would be a major issue for AZ globally if they were caught up in a corruption scandal related to their vaccines. I subscribe to Andrew’s suggestion that it was ignorance to the shortcomings of the Thai government and royal institutions, which wasn’t brought to light in their hastily executed due diligence, although it’s widely known that the PM is a coup maker and as such a illegitimate leader by most international measures.