<p>The Thai Health Promotion Foundation has fallen foul of the anti-corruption vigilantes, who claim that the Foundation has been supporting all sorts of activities that are beyond its mandate, wilfully and wantonly squandering the taxpayers’ hard-earned money.</p> <p>Well, no.</p>

<p>A year or more ago, when the Asok-Sukhumwit junction was occupied by a PDRC reform-before-election mob, the site sported a banner supplied by the nearby campus of Srinakharinwirot University.&nbsp; They had obviously been told to put their superior education to use by explaining in English something of what the protests were about.</p> <p>Their sign said ‘Stop Corruptions!’</p> <p>One was tempted to scrawl underneath ‘And Start Learning Englishes!’</p>

<p><strong>BANGKOK, Thailand, 8 December 2014&nbsp;</strong>– Findings from a recent university survey revealed that a majority of students can identify corruption and integrity, but feel they have no other choice than to participate in corruption when confronted with opportunities to gain an advantage.</p>

<p>Khun Jod Lukplasaenmon.&nbsp; You are an advisor to the Prime Minister.</p> <p>Yes.&nbsp; Yes, I am.</p> <p>And so you give advice to the Prime Minister.</p> <p>Well, we try.&nbsp; There’s a team of us, you see.&nbsp; But the PM is a very intelligent man, you know.</p> <p>Is he?</p> <p>Oh yes, a tremendous intellect.&nbsp; So sometimes he doesn’t need our advice.&nbsp; Most of the time, in fact.</p> <p>I see.&nbsp; So this campaign against corruption, was it something that you advised? &nbsp;Or perhaps …</p>