Tawee Demands Interior Ministry Release Exam Score Files

On August 11, 2569, Pol. Lt. Col. Tawee Sod-song, former Justice Minister, Prachathai party leader, and list-based MP, stated through social media that the Interior Ministry must "stop fearing the truth and stop stalling." He urged the CSC and DLA to immediately submit exam score processing files and candidate lists for verification against data held by Mahasarakham University.

Tawee cautioned that the local civil service exam fraud investigation risks losing focus if it targets only the 5,924 disqualified applicants. He warned this could become a scheme to help criminals by making applicants scapegoats while allowing responsible officials to remain in investigative positions. He stressed that applicants cannot declare themselves passed, be listed, or draw salaries from public funds—these actions fall under the CSC, DLA, and Interior Ministry's responsibility. Therefore, investigations must prioritize those who received score results, custodians of data, list preparers, proposers, approvers, signatories, and commanding officers.

The Central Examination Committee for Local Government Officials (CSC) comprises 19 members with legal authority and responsibility, while the DLA directly supervises the examination process. According to Mahasarakham University's briefing to the legal and human rights committee, the university held eight initial examination centers on December 7, 2568, and submitted score processing files and candidate lists to the CSC via the DLA between December 11–12, 2568. Two southern examination centers held tests on February 15, 2569, with data submitted February 18–19, 2569.

CSC meeting minutes 16/2568 show 47,208 candidates proposed as passing Sections A and B before the list was announced on February 19, 2569. Meeting 4/2569 proposed 8,545 passing candidates from southern centers before announcement on April 8, 2569.

On June 22, 2569, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and police conducted a search, discovering local government officials handling answer sheets and score files. They seized equipment and documents related to 5,960 candidates flagged for investigation, despite results already being announced. This raised suspicion that officials may have been retroactively altering scores or evidence to match the CSC's published list.

The incident prompted public outrage over the major local exam fraud. Although the government and Interior Ministry pledged to address it, and the CSC issued a new announcement on August 10, 2569 removing 5,924 names from lists published February 19 and April 8, 2569, the CSC and DLA have yet to submit exam score processing files and candidate lists for verification as requested. In contrast, Mahasarakham University and Janwan Printing submitted their source data to the NACC starting June 24, 2569 immediately upon request. Over a month has passed, yet critical evidence held by the CSC and DLA remains unsubmitted.