Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has ordered an investigation into allegations of mass cheating in civil service exams to attain government jobs, after thousands of tests were allegedly tampered with to boost scores in exchange for fees of up to US$24,000 each time.The scandal erupted after police and anti-corruption officials raided a company address in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok on Tuesday and found at least 10 officials on site tampering with computerised scores “to help applicants who had paid bribes” pass the exams.Initial checks suggest bribes might have been paid for at least 3,000 tests from last year’s exams across the country.
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Thai officials caught altering exam scores for bribes of up to US$24,000
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has launched an investigation into allegations of widespread cheating in civil service exams. The probe follows a raid by police and anti-corruption officials on a company in Nonthaburi, near Bangkok, on Tuesday.
Aidan JonesSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-24 · 07:11 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has launched an investigation into allegations of widespread cheating in civil service exams. The probe follows a raid by police and anti-corruption officials on a company in Nonthaburi, near Bangkok, on Tuesday. During the raid, at least 10 officials were found altering computerized exam scores to benefit applicants who had paid bribes. These bribes reportedly ranged up to US$24,000 per exam. Initial findings suggest that at least 3,000 tests from last year's national exams may have been affected by this score tampering scheme.
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Thailand's Prime Minister ordered an investigation into the allegations.
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Police and anti-corruption officials raided a company address in Nonthaburi and found officials tampering with scores.
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Thai officials are accused of altering civil service exam scores for bribes.
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Bribes of up to US$24,000 were allegedly paid for exam score alterations.
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Initial checks suggest bribes may have been paid for at least 3,000 tests from last year's exams.
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