Police are gathering additional evidence in the local government recruitment exam scandal as they seek to identify those behind the wider fraud network, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Pol Lt Gen Natthasak Chaowanasai said.
Investigators have requested documents related to the examination process from Srinakharinwirot University (SWU) and are reviewing evidence to determine whether to file criminal charges against civil servants allegedly linked to the scheme.
Pol Lt Gen Natthasak said investigators will decide by Monday whether there is sufficient evidence to seek arrest warrants or file charges against other suspects. If no further criminal charges are pursued, the case will be forwarded to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), whose special inquiry panel is handling the matter.
Nine civil servants and two employees of a private company were arrested during a raid on a house in Nonthaburi nearly a month ago while allegedly altering examination scores.
Investigators also seized a flash drive containing a list of 5,960 candidates whose status had allegedly been changed from “fail” to “pass” in both sections of the examination, according to information presented to the House committee on legal affairs, justice and human rights.
Pol Lt Gen Natthasak said he was also due to report the findings of a fact-finding committee to Deputy Prime Minister Pakorn Nilprapunt yesterday. The committee examined every stage of the recruitment process to identify procedural weaknesses.
Its findings will then be submitted to Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to help develop measures to prevent similar exam fraud.
Prachachat Party leader Pol Col Tawee Sodsong said data from the past five local government recruitment exams showed the 2025 test had an unusually high pass rate of 22.16% — nearly four times the average.