Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 483 Tue. October 04, 2005  
   
Letters to Editor


What is the ACC doing?


We appreciated the formation of an Independent Anti-corruption Commission headed by one Retd. Justice, to eliminate corruption. But the Chairman of the newly formed ACC might have been threatened by some top bureaucrats for issuing urgent notices to all secretaries of the Bangladesh government to furnish the whereabouts of the newly purchased twenty six thousand government vehicles, which had apparently vanished into thin air.

This was disclosed by the print media. All the secretaries concerned might have been suspected of having a role in it, and thus till today there has been no further queries on the missing costly vehicles.

The swindler group in the bureaucracy might have formed a syndicate for destroying all records of those vehicles and thus all the government vehicles have been lost. After the disclosure of the facts the nation as a whole was stunned at the extent of corruption in the ministries. We being the law abiding citizens and tax payers of this developing country would humbly draw the kind attention of the Honourable Prime Minister to be very strict and ensure that the government employees and officials responsible for the large scale plundering of national assets do not go unpunished.

Besides, the ACC should be empowered to take necessary steps against the corrupt gang of officials, whoever they might be.