Eight others being investigated as ministry seeks to crack down on fakerySupachai Pathumnakul, deputy permanent secretary for the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), discloses the outcome of an investigation into research paper fraud at a meeting on July 16. (Photo: MHESI Facebook)Six academics from three Thai universities have been sacked and eight others are being investigated for research paper fraud, according to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI). Three lecturers from Khon Kaen University were terminated and will also face criminal charges, according to the ministry. An investigation into allegations of phoney research papers involving 109 academics from 33 universities stemmed from a report in August last year saying that a CMU lecturer had purchased his paper for 30,000 baht. It also found 14 lecturers, including a former high-ranking executive of Thaksin University, were involved in committing fraud, Mr Supachai said.
