A special panel appointed by the Education Ministry has cleared former Assumption University (Abac) rector Bancha Saenghiran of corruption charges.
The committee, appointed by the Education Ministry, looked into three allegations of corruption but found no irregularities.
The panel was set up six months ago, after the minister of education exercised Section 86 of the Private University Act to set up a special panel to take control of Abac and end a long-running management crisis.
Recently, PM Prayut invoked the sweeping powers of Section 44 to tackle chronic problems in Thailand's universities and colleges including internal conflict on the governing councils of universities, as ABAC was suffering