Ruangdet, Director of the Testing Office at SWU, met with Crime Suppression police to acknowledge charges in a local exam fraud case. Investigators plan to file seven serious charges. Meanwhile, Teerutum, former Director-General of the Department of Local Administration, submitted a letter requesting to postpone his meeting to next week.
At 08:30 on 31 July 2026, at the Crime Reporting Center building of the Central Investigation Bureau, Mr. Ruangdet Sirikit, Director of the Testing and Psychological Services Office at Srinakharinwirot University (SWU), one of the suspects in the local government recruitment exam fraud case, wearing a suit and mask, arrived to meet with Police Colonel Netiwit Thanasitnitikul, Superintendent of Division 2, Crime Suppression Division, to acknowledge the charges.
This case against Mr. Ruangdet stems from testimony by Mr. Asawin Chotipanang, also known as “Dr. Win,” advisor to the Director of the Promotion and Training Office at Kasetsart University, who implicated Ruangdet as the coordinator who took exam papers and files of local government officer candidates to a residence in Nonthaburi Province for answer sheet alterations.
Previously, investigators from the Anti-Corruption Division had summoned Ruangdet for questioning. Additional evidence has since been gathered to support formal charges. Currently, questioning is ongoing; once completed, investigators will release him without bail as he voluntarily appeared to cooperate.
Initially, Ruangdet will face seven charges: misconduct or failure to perform duties properly; forgery of official documents while in office; certifying false statements in official documents; jointly causing loss or destruction of others' documents; jointly forging official documents; jointly opening or removing sealed documents to access information; and jointly inputting false data into computer systems.
Mr. Teerutum Supaviboonpol, former Director-General of the Department of Local Administration and another suspect, has submitted a letter requesting to postpone his police meeting to next week, with no specific date yet provided.
Additionally, eleven other suspects found at the Nonthaburi residence involved in the exam score tampering are expected to gradually come forward to acknowledge charges today. Some have requested postponements. These suspects will face charges including being part of a criminal gang, offenses under Penal Code Section 188, computer-related crimes, and supporting state officials in misconduct under Penal Code Sections 86 and 157.
Meanwhile, former Director-General Teerutum Supaviboonpol sent a letter to the Crime Suppression Division requesting to postpone his meeting to 6 August 2026, citing he is currently out of town.