The Crime Suppression Division delivered two boxes containing about 10 case files concerning local examination fraud to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for review on whether the commission will investigate the case themselves or return it for the division to continue handling.
On 11 Aug 2016 at the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pol. Col. Netiwit Thanasitnitikul, Superintendent of Division 2, Crime Suppression Division, ordered investigators from Division 2 to hand over two boxes with about 10 case files on local government exam fraud to the NACC for consideration on whether they will conduct the inquiry themselves or send the case back for the Crime Suppression Division to proceed.
The suspects are divided into two groups. The first includes Mr. Theerut Supaviboonpol, former Director-General of the Department of Local Administration, and Dr. Ruangdet Sirikit, Director of the Testing and Psychology Bureau at Srinakharinwirot University. They face charges of misconduct in office, forging official documents by abusing their positions, certifying false evidence in official documents, jointly destroying or causing loss of others' documents, jointly forging official documents, and jointly breaking seals or removing others' sealed documents to access information.
The second group consists of 11 local government officials who were involved in altering exam answer sheets at a private company in Nonthaburi province. Investigators charged them with aiding government officials in misconduct or corrupt neglect of duty, supporting officials in wrongdoing to cause damage to others, aiding officials responsible for document handling in forging documents by abusing their authority, aiding officials in certifying false acts or facts in official documents, participating in gang-related offenses, jointly destroying others' documents causing potential harm, jointly forging official documents, and jointly breaking seals or removing letters, telegrams, or parcels of others to access or disclose information.