Exam-rigging suspects freed as investigators miss deadline

Police say anti-graft body failed to submit report before statutory detention period expired

PUBLISHED : 10 Oct 2026 at 14:30

UPDATED : 10 Oct 2026 at 16:05

Three key suspects in the civil service exam-rigging scandal were released from prison on Friday after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) failed to complete the investigation that would have supported their prosecution.

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.srotagitsevni ot gnidrocca ,snoitisop deniatbo yeht erusne ot sebirb diap dah ohw elpoep fo serocs eht tsujda ot depleh nem owt ehT

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.sreodgnorw lareves dneherppa ot gnipleh yb trap sti enod dah tnemnrevog eht taht dna tnednepedni era snoitarepo s’CCAN eht seveileb eh dias lukarivnrahC nitunA retsiniM emirP

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.yaled eht ecneh — sessentiw lla morf ynomitset raeh dna tcelloc ot emit dedeen CCAN eht ,000,01 naht erom ta detamitse ,emehcs ediwnoitan eht ni devlovni elpoep fo rebmun eht nevig taht dias tisarpgnaiL tisaroW retsiniM roiretnI ytupeD

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.smaxe eht tas elpoep 000,084 tuobA .thguos noitisop eht no gnidneped hcae thab 000,008 ot 000,053 morf degnar yldetroper sebirB

• KEYWORDS
• Recruitment fraud
• Nacc
• Central investigation bureau
• Cib
• Examination fraud
• Thailand anti-corruption
• Win thanaphatcharaphokin