Police Refer Local Exam Fraud Case to National Graft Watchdog
Police have forwarded a high-profile exam fraud case involving 13 suspects—including two senior officials from the Department of Local Administration and a university testing center—to the National Anti-Corruption Commission for further inv
Police from the Anti-Corruption Division (ÁÇ.2) on August 11, 2025, transported two large boxes of case documents comprising 10 files—totaling over 3,000 pages—to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for investigation and legal action. The case involves 13 suspects accused of fraud in local government recruitment exams.
Investigators revealed that if the NACC decides to investigate the case independently, the case will remain under NACC authority. If the NACC refers the case back, the Anti-Corruption Division will resume prosecution. No fixed timeline exists for such cases, and previously the NACC has returned cases to investigators with only 1–2 weeks remaining before the statute of limitations expires.
The 13 suspects are divided into two groups: 11 local government officials arrested while altering answer sheets at a private company in Nonthaburi province, facing eight charges including misconduct in office, document forgery, and computer data fraud; and two senior officials—Theerutm Suphavibulyapol, former director-general of the Department of Local Administration, and Associate Professor Rueangdet Sirikij, director of the Educational and Psychological Testing Center at Srinakharinwirot University—facing six charges including misconduct, forging official documents, and falsifying official records.
