The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Local Administration

3,400 face the axe over exam fraud

More than 3,400 local-government officials face losing their jobs after authorities uncovered widespread score manipulation in a civil service examination, prompting the Interior Ministry to approve a new list of successful candidates.

Bangkok Post · Aug 7

Ex-department chief faces six charges in recruitment exam fraud probe

The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has filed six serious charges against Theerut Suphawiboonphol, former director-general of the Department of Local Administration (DLA), over his alleged role in a local government recruitment exam fraud.

Bangkok Post · Aug 6

Nearly 6,000 civil servants to lose jobs after exam fraud

The discovery of civil service exam fraud is expected to cost 5,925 local government employees their jobs this month, Deputy Interior Minister Worasit Liangprasit said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Aug 3

PM orders tight protection for rigged exam results evidence

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the Department of Local Administration in Bangkok late Saturday night and ordered tight protection of government civil service exam answer sheets pending further investigation into the nationwide results-rigging scandal.

Bangkok Post · Jun 28

The purge of cheaters must be ruthless

Barely a day after saying it would halt the appointment of new civil servants after a massive exam cheating scandal threw the entire process into question, the Department of Local Administration (DLA) reversed the decision, citing the threat of hobbled government operations.

Bangkok Post · Jun 27

Exam scandal leads to checks on all 480,000 papers

The Department of Local Administration plans to recheck the answer sheets of all 480,000 people who took its nationwide examination late last year after reports about large-scale exam rigging involving billions of baht in bribes.

Bangkok Post · Jun 25

Official linked to exam cheating scandal suspended

Phetchabun municipal staffer a shareholder in company where doctored test results were found

Bangkok Post · Jun 25

PM nullifies recruitment of thousands of officials after exam cheating scandal

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the revocation of the recruitment of thousands of local administrative officials admitted through a national-level examination allegedly plagued with massive cheating.

Bangkok Post · Jun 24