CIVIL SERVICE
KING-OUA LAOHONG
Thawee: Gang was sophisticated |
A large network helped by academics was behind the cheating at all levels of civil service examinations, according to an inspection led by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).
DSI chief Pol Col Thawee Sodsong said yesterday the gang was hired by those sitting civil service exams and it used sophisticated methods and electronic devices to transmit answers to candidates doing the tests during the same session.
Most importantly, the investigation found that postgraduates with honours degrees from prestigious education institutions were part of the gang.
The gang received 100,000 to 300,000 baht per head while the brokers earned 10,000 to 20,000 baht each, Pol Col Thawee said.
Earlier, the DSI had appointed Pol Col Dussadee Arayawut, chief of the Information Technology and Examination Office, to set up a fact-finding team to investigate the cheating in the civil service exams.
Pol Col Dussadee said some gangs had been in the business for over a decade.
Meanwhile, the DSI has recommended the indictment of a nephew of Vicha Mahakhun, a member of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC), for allegedly making false declarations about the value of imported wines and evading taxes.
The DSI yesterday sent the case to the prosecution to consider indictment.
Thawatchai Suansida, head of the DSI's tax crime office, alleged that Mr Ekkachai, managing director of Canon Pacific Co, had imported wines, falsely declared their value and dodged taxes of more than 312 million baht on 84 occasions between 2003 and 2006.
He was arrested on May 12.
Mr Ekkachai told the DSI team that he was Mr Vicha's nephew.
If found guilty, he would face a fine amounting to four times the amount of the evaded taxes and/or 10 years in jail, Mr Thawatchai said.
Mr Thawatchai said the DSI had not discriminated against anyone and did not rush the case for indictment.
The DSI team had tracked down the accused and gathered evidence since 2003 before deciding to arrest him.
Mr Ekkachai could settle with the Customs Department to pay the unpaid taxes and a fine amounting to twice the amount of the evaded taxes to avoid a jail sentence, Mr Thawatchai said.
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