Thailand Voids 5,924 Local Official Appointments Over Score Irregularities
Thailand has voided 5,924 local official appointments after auditors found score irregularities affecting candidates in a civil service exam of 270,000 applicants. A new corrected appointment list will be issued following verification.
On July 17 at the Department of Local Administration, Arthit Sampaththiratana, Permanent Secretary of the Interior Ministry, announced that the CSAL committee has voted to revoke the certification of local government officials following a score audit. An examination of test scores from 270,000 local government civil service candidates revealed anomalies affecting 5,924 individuals. The committee has therefore decided to cancel the original appointment list in its entirety and issue a new, corrected list after a thorough verification process. The CSAL chairman will sign the revocation of the old list next week and announce the new list. When asked whether all 5,924 candidates with score irregularities would be disqualified entirely, Arthit clarified that the new ranking list will be reordered, implying that candidates may still be considered based on corrected scores.
