Lawyer Aun exposes 3m baht bribes in District Chief exams

Matichon•Politics•19d ago

Reader Briefing

Lawyer Pattarapong Supaksorn submitted evidence to the Political Development Committee regarding alleged bribes of at least 3 million baht per person in the 2025 District Chief examinations.

•Lawyer Pattarapong Supaksorn submitted a complaint to the Political Development Committee on September 2 regarding District Chief exam corruption.
•Allegations involve bribes of at least 3 million baht per person for the 2025 exams.
•Phakamon Nunanan, Committee Chair, links the alleged corruption to local election fraud and Senator selection irregularities.
•The Committee intends to summon the Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration for clarification.

Overview

•On September 2, Pattarapong Supaksorn submitted a complaint to the Political Development Committee at Parliament.
•Pattarapong Supaksorn stated that complaints regarding the District Chief exams and bribes of at least 3 million baht per person were received on April 4, 2025.
•Pattarapong Supaksorn provided evidence regarding at least 10 people who passed the District Chief exams in Buriram.
•Phakamon Nunanan noted that corruption suspicions in District Chief exams have existed since 2023 and have increased in 2025.
•Phakamon Nunanan believes the corruption is part of a larger network attempting to establish a power base to sustain certain influences in Thailand.
•Phakamon Nunanan called for the Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration, Narucha, to provide verbal clarification to the Committee.
•Phakamon Nunanan expressed a desire to receive the investigation report from Pakorn Nilprapunt, Deputy Prime Minister, regarding local election corruption.
•The Political Development Committee will bring the matter to a meeting and invite relevant parties to explain the allegations.

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Key Quotes

Phakamon Nunanan

"I invite Ms. Narucha, Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration, to cooperate with the Political Development Committee for once."

เชิญท่านนฤชาอธิบดีกรมการปกครองให้ความร่วมมือกับกรรมาธิการการพัฒนาการเมืองสักครั้งหนึ่ง

Key Entities

Person

Phakamon Nunanan(ภัคมน หนุนอนันต์)

MP of the People's Party and Chairperson of the Political Development Committee.

Pattarapong Supaksorn(ภัทรพงศ์ ศุภักษร)

Also known as Lawyer Aun Buriram, who submitted evidence of exam corruption to the committee.

Narucha(นฤชา)

The Director-General of the Department of Provincial Administration.

Pakorn Nilprapunt(ปกรณ์ นิลประพันธ์)

Deputy Prime Minister involved in reporting results regarding local election corruption.

Organization

People's Party(พรรคประชาชน)

The political party to which Phakamon Nunanan belongs.

Political Development Committee(คณะกรรมาธิการพัฒนาการเมือง)

The parliamentary committee investigating corruption in District Chief examinations.

NACC(ป.ป.ช.)

The agency where Pattarapong Supaksorn previously submitted reports regarding exam corruption.

Department of Provincial Administration(กรมการปกครอง)ℹ️

The government department responsible for the District Chief examinations.

Place

Buriram(บุรีรัมย์)ℹ️

The location where at least 10 people who passed the District Chief exam are based.

Parliament(รัฐสภา)ℹ️

The location where the complaint was submitted on September 2.