Prime Minister Anutin listened to an audio clip of a man and woman mentioning a "mysterious deputy minister" involved in local exam fraud, insisting that everything must be investigated.
23 June 2026 GMT+7 Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anutin Charnvirakul commented on the audio clip exposing corruption in local government official exams and the claim that 350,000 baht was collected to be sent to a deputy minister, saying "I need to return a phone call to discuss with the Australian Prime Minister first. See you this afternoon."
When asked whether he would respond to this question in the afternoon, Anutin said everything must be investigated. Reporters pressed again about the case involving the release of an audio clip allegedly mentioning a deputy minister of the Ministry of Interior at that time. Whether he was involved or not. Anutin replied, "I have listened to it — the conversation between a man and a woman, right? The one mentioning the deputy minister. We have to investigate." .