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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Nacc - What They Never Told You

Recent exam fraud uncovered in a local administration recruitment process is not unprecedented. Exam fraud is not new to Thai society. The latest case is simply more technically advanced and better organised, suggesting the continued evolution of fraud and bribery in state recruitment processes.

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Anti-corruption committee a secretive, timid 'fizzer'

A committee has heard concerns about the effectiveness of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which has come under fire since it was established.

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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.

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Graftbuster in the dock

A Supreme Court decision to launch an independent probe into a gold-bar bribery claim is more than just the due process of law.

Bangkok Post

Ministry sidelines DLA chief on nationwide exam-rigging case

The Interior Ministry has abruptly transferred Department of Local Administration (DLA) Director-General Teeruth Supawiboonpol amid a sweeping corruption scandal tied to local recruitment examinations valued at more than 4.5 billion baht.

Bangkok Post

Panel ends probe into 4 gold bribery suspects

A Supreme Court independent inquiry panel has concluded its examination of four people in a bribery case linked to former deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn.

Bangkok Post

Jonno Duniam calls Pauline Hanson’s push for monoculture ‘bizarre’ – as it happened

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PP attacks B1.6bn AI programme

The opposition People's Party (PP) stepped up its pressure on the government to scrap its 1.6-billion-baht TH-AI Passport project, warning that it would petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate once public registration opens.

Bangkok Post

Chadchart challenged over rehires

Former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is facing a complaint filed with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over the allegedly unlawful appointment of 17 senior Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials after a review panel ruled the appointments invalid.

Bangkok Post

Chaichanok to face grilling

The opposition will join the House legal affairs committee next week to summon Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob to explain the controversial 1.6-billion-baht TH-AI Passport project, warning that it will seek an anti-graft investigation if the scheme proceeds.

Bangkok Post

Exercise kit scandal 'not over'

Former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has insisted that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's (BMA) controversial exercise equipment procurement scandal remains unresolved.

Bangkok Post

People's Party submits complaint over chat leak

The main opposition People's Party has petitioned the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to investigate allegations that a senior Interior Ministry official used a Line chat group to instruct subordinates to support candidates from the Bhumjaithai Party during the Feb 8 election campaign.

Bangkok Post

House Speaker Sophon under fire over Saksayam case

The opposition People's Party (PP) has threatened legal action against House Speaker Sophon Zarum if he fails to forward a petition against the national anti-graft body to the Supreme Court.

Bangkok Post

Opposition alleges NACC misconduct

Opposition MPs and allies submitted a petition seeking a Supreme Court-led inquiry into the National Anti-Corruption Commission's (NACC) dismissal of a concealed shareholding complaint involving former transport minister Saksayam Chidchob.

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Chadchart denies BMA patronage claim

Recently resigned Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has denied allegations of corruption, patronage networks, and the sale of civil service positions within the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) during his tenure.

Bangkok Post

Dissecting the threat of the 'blue regime'

Opposition leader and People's Party head Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut's reference to the "blue regime", and his sharp criticism of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for inviting members of the Privy Council to a water-shortage meeting on May 19 have sparked a backlash against his party and a heated debate on social media…

Bangkok Post

PP faces tough test on charter reform

More than three months after failing to secure the top position in a national election marred by allegations of irregularities, the People's Party (PP) is striving to regain momentum despite a number of unfavourable factors.

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Calls to change corruption body's 'secretive' culture

A top lawyer has called for an overhaul of the anti-corruption commission's recruitment and culture following Paul Brereton's resignation.

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Labor promised to do something serious about corruption. Now they’ve got a second chance

The Nacc head’s appearance before a Senate inquiry illustrated why public confidence in the agency is in the toilet – and what now needs to be done

Bangkok Post

NACC official charged over fatal drunk-driving crash

Police have charged a senior executive of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over a fatal drunk-driving crash that killed a delivery rider in Nonthaburi on Wednesday night.

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An effective 'reset' of the NACC should revisit the issue of public hearings

It's more than an issue of appointment.

Bangkok Post

Anti-corruption official tests drunk after fatal crash

A senior official of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) was found drunk after his pickup truck crashed into a motorcycle, severing a delivery rider’s arm and killing him, before allegedly attempting to flee in Nonthaburi on Wednesday night.

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Grattan on Friday: An effective ‘reset’ of the NACC should revisit the issue of public hearings

At the 2022 election “integrity” was a big-deal issue. Then after winning government, Labor ticked off a promise when it set up the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), which began officially in July 2023.

Bangkok Post

Anti-corruption official tests drunk after fatal crash

Bangkok Post

NACC must come clean

Justice has finally caught up with one of Thailand's most controversial political wealth concealment cases.

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