Exam papers included dubious marks, symbols
Nearly one fourth of the test papers submitted in a recent noncommissioned police recruitment examination contained suspicious marks and symbols, investigators said.
“We have gone through about 4,000 sets of test papers and more than 900 of them included suspicious symbols,” Provincial Police Region 3 deputy commander MajGeneral Jaktip Holasutakul said yesterday.
Jaktip, who leading the investigation into the cheating scandal, said more than 36,000 sets of test papers were submitted at the June 10 examination.
“We will summon the students whose test papers contained these suspicious marks and symbols along with their parents. We need to determine if they had anything to do with the cheating,” he said.
To date, six people including the wife of a policeman have been arrested for their alleged role in the cheating. Some of the suspects were caught carrying signal transmitters.
Meanwhile, the Nakhon Ratchasima Court has now issued an arrest warrant for suspect Wiboonsak Saenjak. National Police Bureau spokesman MajGeneral Piya Uthayo said Wiboonsak, 29, was suspected of playing a key role in the examcheating network.
“We believe he’s a key gobetween,” Piya said.
Two policemen, Captain Sananpon Kallayawattanangarm and Pol Snr SgtMajor Wachiranusorn Pongphan, have been transferred out of Muang Si Sa Ket Police Station because they had close links with one of the suspects.
“We expect to conclude this investigation by Monday,” Jaktip said.
Piya said that apart from looking at the exam papers, investigators had also checked images captured on security cameras at nearby hotels and other target locations.
“We have also got some clues from social media,” he said.
On Monday, National Police Commissioner General Priewpan Damapong will hold a teleconference with relevant agencies in a bid to prevent future cheating in civil service examinations.
