The Crime Suppression Division has issued summonses for two top officials "Theerut" and "Ruengdet" to acknowledge seven serious charges in connection with local exam fraud
On 27 July 2026, it was reported that at the Crime Suppression Division, Pol. Maj. Gen. Phatthanasak Bupphasuwan, head of the division, disclosed updates on the local exam fraud case. Today, investigators from Division 2 of the Crime Suppression Division will issue summonses for two top officials from Srinakharinwirot University and the Department of Local Administration, along with 11 other officials found at a residence in Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi Province. These officials were identified during a search by the National Anti-Corruption Commission and police from the Anti-Corruption Division. They will be summoned to acknowledge the charges by Friday, 31 July 2026.
Additional reports state that the two top officials to be summoned are Mr. Theerut Supaviboonpol, former Director-General of the Department of Local Administration Promotion, and Mr. Ruengdet Sirikit, Director of the Testing and Psychological Education Office at Srinakharinwirot University. Both will face seven serious charges, including:
1. Acting or neglecting official duties improperly to cause damage to any person, or performing or neglecting duties fraudulently.
2. As officials responsible for document preparation or care, forging documents by exploiting their position.
3. As officials responsible for receiving or completing documents in their duties, certifying false acts or occurrences before them.
4. Collaborating to destroy or dispose of another's documents in a way likely to cause damage to others or the public.
5. Collaborating to forge official documents.
6. Collaborating to open sealed letters, telegrams, or any sealed documents belonging to others to gain unauthorized knowledge and disclose such information.
7. Collaborating to input into computer systems distorted or forged data, wholly or partly, or false data likely to harm the public, violating the Anti-Corruption Act of 2018, sections 172; Criminal Code sections 157, 161, 162, 188, 265, 322 in conjunction with section 83; and the Computer Crime Act of 2017, section 14(1).
Meanwhile, the 11 officials found by the Anti-Corruption Commission and Anti-Corruption Police at the residence in Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi, while altering exam data will initially be charged with gang-related offenses, facilitating criminal gangs, criminal acts causing damage or destruction, concealment or loss of wills or other documents likely to harm others or the public, and offenses under the Computer Crime Act for inputting false data into computer systems.