The anatomy of plagiarism: Whom to trust?

Nothing beats post-Songkran holiday news in Thailand like the exposé by iLaw, the local law reform and free expression advocacy group, of an incumbent senator allegedly copying parts of other academic works and media journals of a similar nature for his doctoral dissertation topic, which revolves around the suitable form and process of acquiring senators for Thailand’s context.

The exposé comes as pro-democracy forces count down to the end of the five-year term of the current 250-strong military junta-appointed senate, due on May 11, with another political battle set to begin with the country’s first senate elections since the 2014 military coup d’état, due in June.

iLaw’s April-18 Facebook post, also published on the organization’s website in greater detail, recounts Senator Somchai Sawangkarn’s questionable dissertation that earned him the PhD title in 2022.

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