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Five officials probed over exam cheating
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Five officials from the Department of Local Administration (DLA) have been put under disciplinary investigation in connection with the recent local government recruitment exam fraud, Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.
Key facts
- Five officials from the Department of Local Administration (DLA) have been put under disciplinary investigation in connection with the recent local government recruitment exam fraud, Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul
- Welcoming the completion of a ministry investigation a week after it was ordered, Mr Anutin said the investigation committee, led by the ministry's deputy permanent secretary, Santitorn Yimlamai, had confirmed attempts to falsify and cheat
- The scandal involves widespread cheating discovered in exams organised last year by the DLA, part of the Interior Ministry overseen by Mr Anutin, to recruit nearly 7,000 local administrative officials.
- Thousands of participants are said to have paid between 350,000 and 800,000 baht each to ensure they passed the exams
Summary
Welcoming the completion of a ministry investigation a week after it was ordered, Mr Anutin said the investigation committee, led by the ministry's deputy permanent secretary, Santitorn Yimlamai, had confirmed attempts to falsify and cheat in the recruitment examination.
"I will reveal details as much as possible without exploiting the case or interfering with evidence collected from the investigation," Mr Anutin said.