Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) gather evidence and arrest 10 suspects linked to a network accused of manipulating results of local government recruitment examinations during a raid on a house in Nonthaburi on June 22. (Photo courtesy of CIB)
The sprawling examination fraud case is no longer simply a criminal investigation but has evolved into a test of whether the country's institutions can withstand corruption that appears to have penetrated multiple layers of the state.
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