The former director of Triam Udom Suksa School, widely regarded as Thailand’s top elite public high school, was jailed for 27 years on Monday for taking student‑admission bribes for the 2016–2018 intake.
Poramet Molee, who led the school in Bangkok’s Pathum Wan district from 2013 to 2018, was convicted of unlawfully demanding and accepting benefits as a public official.
Two accomplices, Kornrat Kosakan and Paisarn Chantharapithak, were each sentenced to 18 years.
In 2023, an investigation by the National Anti‑Corruption Commission (NACC) found the trio had solicited payments for admissions.
Investigators found evidence that money for student admissions was routed through the school’s parent‑teacher association and then transferred to Mr Poramet’s relatives over three years.
Triam Udom Suksa has faced repeated bribery allegations. A former director in 2020 claimed as much as 100 million baht in “tea money” changed hands.
In March 2026, 13,895 candidates sat the school’s entrance exam at Impact Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi province, competing for 1,520 Matthayom Suksa places.
