Worasit responded to Tawee, stating the local exam fraud investigation is not delayed; everyone is working, not just sitting around criticizing. He pointed out that data on over 300,000 individuals is being sent to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), and the flash drive evidence has been verified. He emphasized that no one is being protected.
At 06:40 on 12 Aug 2026 GMT+7 Mr. Worasit Liangprasert, Deputy Minister of Interior, gave an interview at Sanam Luang regarding the case Pol. Col. Tawee Sodsoong, list member of the House of Representatives (party-list) and leader of the Prachachat Party, who raised concerns that the investigation into local exam fraud is being deliberately delayed. Worasit said, “Actually, we are not delaying, and the team is working fully, especially the officials at the Department of Local Administration (DLA), whom we must praise and thank. Previously, we had a large volume of data to process—over 300,000 candidates. This data is now in the process of being sent and reviewed, and has been submitted to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).”
Worasit added that the flash drive evidence was delayed earlier because it had to be sent to the forensic department for duplication and examination. This process is now complete, and the evidence will be sent to the NACC as soon as possible. He confirmed there is no delay; everything follows proper procedures. “You may see it as slow, but in reality, everyone is working; we are not just criticizing. Therefore, the process will proceed to send the data to the NACC as soon as possible.”
Regarding suspicions of protecting anyone, Worasit assured there is no protection. All data is open for verification by everyone. The claim about removing 5,925 candidates from the exam is just addressing symptoms; actually, we are fixing issues wherever possible. If we wanted to delay and protect people, there would not be over 5,000 names released. Those names have now been sent to all provinces. Concerning suspicions that the DLA might hire individuals involved in exam fraud, the DLA has sent letters to provincial governors and all local administrative organizations to strictly address this issue, labeling such persons undesirable and possibly subject to legal charges.
When asked if making these statements might harm the credibility of the process, Worasit replied, “No. Everyone has the right to question and verify, but we affirm that the work is conducted transparently with nothing hidden.”