Officials Implicated In Local Government Exam Fraud Scheme
Authorities uncovered a widespread exam fraud scheme where officials and contractors altered answer sheets and inflated scores for bribes up to 800,000 baht in local government civil service exams, with about 3,000 forged papers discovered
The Department of Local Administration under the Ministry of Interior has released a fact-finding investigation report into irregularities in the 2568 local government civil service competitive examination. Following complaints and a search warrant executed by the National Anti-Corruption Commission and Central Investigation Bureau at a residence in Bang Len subdistrict, Nonthaburi province, authorities discovered the house was being used to alter answer sheets and adjust scores for exam-takers who paid bribes ranging from 350,000 to 800,000 baht. The search uncovered approximately 3,000 copies of answer papers.
The Department appointed a fact-finding committee via order 674/2569 on June 23, 2569, to investigate the entire examination process. The preliminary investigation findings revealed: (1) The examination process follows established procedures initiated by the National Council for Peace and Order Order 8/2560, with the Central Civil Service Examination Committee tasked with conducting the exams; (2) The 2568 examination scope of work includes stronger safeguards against corruption compared to 2566, promoting transparency and fairness; (3) The pass-list processing revealed that private company employees, implicated in the answer sheet forgery scandal, accessed and modified the database file 115 times, with civil servants from the Department of Local Administration receiving flash drives from the contractor.
