4 December 2023 at 17:33PUBLISHED
Mae Fah Luang University has questioned the authenticity of a previous teacher’s state that she was mentally ill, which she cited as justification for quitting her job to pay for her PhD scholarship.
The former teacher, also known as” Dr. Keng,” is being sued by the school for 16 million baht in restitution.
Mae Fah Luang stated in a speech that she had never filed any documents to prove her mental interruption when she resigned from her position in response to an in-depth TV interview with Dr. Keng that aired on Monday night.  ,
On October 3, 2005, Dr. Keng began teaching at the university’s school of management, according to the speech. She received scholarships from the college and the Ministry of Science and Technology at the time on September 17, 2008, to do a postgraduate degree at Kent University in England.
Dr. Keng returned to work at the university on August 2, 2013, after college. She submitted her departure, which became effective on September 1, 2014, only over a year later, on August 19, 2014.
According to the speech, Dr. Keng later approved her departure after confirming her decision to resign and acknowledging the terms of fellowship payment.
The original teacher was required to pay back the Finance Ministry’s scholarships totaling 630, 207.46 ringgit and 194, 730 pounds, as well as the University of Mae Fah Luang University, in accordance with the terms of her fellowship contracts and the rules of the Ministry of Science and Technology at the time.
Scholarship award recipients are free from payments under the Finance Ministry’s contracts and regulations if they can demonstrate that their emotional state prevented them from paying off the debts with medical documentation from a public hospital.
However, the statement stated that Dr. Keng had always submitted for medical documentation to the university during her tenure or prior to her resignation.
Eventually, Dr. Keng presented clinical evidence to the Administrative Court in the province of Chiang Mai, but it was too late for her to follow through on her fellowship agreements. So, the Chiang Mai judge ruled that she had to pay back her scholarships.
On April 18 of this year, Dr. Keng filed an appeal with the Supreme Administrative Court.
Mae Fah Luang stated in the assertion that a settlement is not possible while the test is still going on. It claimed that the university had supported Dr. Keng’s desire to study abroad and had always treated her very and honestly.
The college asserted that it would follow the Supreme Administrative Court’s decision and that its actions in relation to Dr. Keng were based on legal treatments and conditions.