Cheating suspect surrenders
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The brotherinlaw of a Lampang politician surrendered to police yesterday in order to defend himself against allegations that he was involved in the police entrance exam cheating gang.
Accompanied by a lawyer, Chiang Mai restaurant owner Prapat Muangmul, 47, who faces an arrest warrant over public fraud charges, surrendered to Lampang provincial police chief Pol MajGeneral Pornchai Pakpongsri and superintendent Pol Colonel Thanakorn Khumwong.
Prapat, and politician Dachai Uchukosonkan, were implicated by the six suspects arrested in Nakhon Ratchasima after applicants taking the entrance exams were found wearing vibrating devices to help them cheat.
During the initial interrogation, Prapat denied any wrongdoing and insisted that he had nothing to do with the gang, adding that he had surrendered to show his sincerity and innocence.
