By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (May 8) told to quickly investigate and suppress an online smearing campaign against the Pheu Thai contesting the May 14 general election. Somsak Thepsuthin, a leading figure among the Pheu Thai rank and file running for MP in party-listed mode, called on the polling agency
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Nearly 200,000 voters did not show up in advance polling
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY 200,000 VOTERS FAILED to go to the polls outside their designated constituencies during yesterday’s (May 7) advance polling, reported the Election Commission today. Over 2.22 million eligible voters had earlier registered to cast their votes in advance polling outside their constituencies in Thailand and other countries worldwide but about
Read moreMeth pills found in pick-up truck crushed by trailer truck
A PICK-UP truck trying to overtake a trailer truck in Pathum Thani got badly crushed with the driver dying on the spot while police investigating the accident found 400 methamphetamine pills in the wreck, Amarin TV said today (May 8). Pol. Capt. Nattawut Puangthong, an investigator at Lat Lum Kaeo police station, was alerted
Read moreOver a million people sign petition to remove polling agency
A TWITTER hashtag that translates to #What’sThePointOfHavingElectionCommission? remains the top trending theme in Thailand today (May 8) after rapidly climbing during advance voting yesterday with over a million people having signed an online petition calling for the removal of the election commissioners amid complaints of errors, Sanook.com said. Throughout yesterday’s advance voting that ended
Read moreComplaints filed on vote buying during advance voting
COMPLAINTS have reached the Election Commission office this morning (May 8) about alleged vote buying, deceptive campaign promises, destruction of campaign posters and election officials not being neutral during advance voting yesterday, Matichon newspaper said. However, the polling agency’s Secretary-General Mr. Sawang Boonmee said advance voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. was lively
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