People's Party challenges Interior Ministry on exam fraud probe

MGR Online•Politics•17d ago

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Phakamon Nun-anan of the People's Party questioned if the removal of candidates with political connections from local government exam lists resolves the fraud issue.

•The Local Government Employee Competitive Examination Committee (KST) revoked the names of candidates after detecting answer sheet modifications.
•Individuals with ties to powerful figures, including the Governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat and associates of Pipat Ratchakitprakan and Teerut Supawibulphon, were removed or downgraded.
•Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit admitted that 'big houses' (powerful local families) in some areas were involved in the 2025 local government exam fraud.
•Phakamon Nun-anan challenged Worasit Liangprasit to begin legal action against these influential families in Satun.

Overview

•The Local Government Employee Competitive Examination Committee (KST) announced the revocation of candidates from the local government official list after detecting modified answer sheets.
•The revoked list included individuals with connections to powerful people and politicians, such as the Governor of Nakhon Si Thammarat.
•Two children of a former secretary to Pipat Ratchakitprakan and a close associate of Teerut Supawibulphon from Yala were among those failed or downgraded.
•Phakamon Nun-anan questioned whether the process ends with the removal of names or if there will be an investigation into the agencies that facilitated the fraud.
•Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit acknowledged that powerful local families were involved in the 2025 local government employee competitive examination fraud.
•Worasit Liangprasit asserted that regardless of the influence of these families, they will be prosecuted.
•Phakamon Nun-anan shared Worasit Liangprasit's interview and challenged him to start the crackdown in Satun.

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Key Quotes

Phakamon Nun-anan

"Go ahead, do not let them say otherwise; start with Satun first."

เอาเลย อย่าให้มาว่าได้ค่ะท่าน เริ่มที่สตูลก่อนเลยค่ะ

Key Entities

Person

Phakamon Nun-anan(ภคมน หนุนอนันต์)

List MP and spokesperson for the People's Party.

Pipat Ratchakitprakan(พิพัฒน์ รัชกิจประการ)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport whose former secretary's children were removed from the exam list.

Teerut Supawibulphon(ธีรุตม์ ศุภวิบูลย์ผล)

Director-General of the Department of Local Administration (DLA) whose associate's relative from Yala was failed or downgraded.

Worasit Liangprasit(วรศิษฎ์ เลียงประสิทธิ์)

Deputy Minister of Interior who admitted that powerful families were involved in exam fraud.

Organization

People's Party(พรรคประชาชน)

The political party of which Phakamon Nun-anan is a spokesperson.

Local Government Employee Competitive Examination Committee(คณะกรรมการกลางการสอบเเข่งขันพนักงานส่วนท้องถิ่น)

The body (KST) that announced the revocation of local government official names after detecting modified answer sheets.

Ministry of Interior(กระทรวงมหาดไทย)ℹ️

The ministry where Worasit Liangprasit serves as Deputy Minister.

Place

Nakhon Si Thammarat(นครศรีธรรมราช)ℹ️

The province whose governor's connections were removed from the exam list.

Yala(ยะลา)

The province from which a person close to Teerut Supawibulphon was listed.

Satun(สตูล)ℹ️

The province where Phakamon Nun-anan challenged the Ministry to start investigating fraud.