No detail was given in the announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister which was published in the Royal Gazette although Mr Thawil was sacked more than two years ago after he was found guilty in changing grades for his son by the KMITL Council with a vote of 9-4.
He was also accused of opening a doctorate course to allow politicians to attend without consent by the council.
He is currently facing probe on the alleged embezzlement of the KMITL saving fund amounted to 1.6 billion baht in which the Anti Money Laundering Office is tracing the money in bid to retrieve them back from a gang involving several staff of the KMITL, banker, and businessmen.
According to the announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister, it said the royal endorsement of the sacking of Mr Thawil Puengma, the rector of the King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang , from the rectorship position, is retroactive from November 28, 2013.
The announcement, dated January 14, 2015, was published in the Royal Gazette yesterday January 15, 2015, and signed by Deputy Prime Minister Yongyut Yuthawong.
The announcement said that since Mr Thawil’s appointment as rector of the KMITL was royally endorsed on July 20, 2012 and the royal appointment was announced by the Office of the Prime Minister on July 24, 2012, but it was apparent that the 13/2013 meeting on November 27, 2013, and the 13/2014 meeting of the Council of the KMITL on December 17, 2014 had resolved to sack him under Article 31(4) of the KMITL Act BE 2551, from the rectorship position from November 28, 2013 and forward the resolution to His Majesty for endorsement.
It said now the resolution of the KMITL was royally endorsed and will become retroactive from November 28, 2013.
The announcement of the royal endorsement was countersigned by Deputy Prime Minister Yongyut Yuthawon on January 14, 2015.
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