Early this week, a corruption watchdog urged the government to explain the Ministry of Justice's criteria in pardoning "big fish" -- referring to convicts in major corruption cases, many of whom recently had their jail terms substantially reduced.
The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) took aim at the remissions granted in December last year to high-ranking civil servants and former cabinet members who are currently in jail for the graft-plagued rice-pledging scheme pursued by the Yingluck Shinawatra administration.
