The army has found no grounds to the Democrat Party’s claims that soldiers are trying to interfere in its preparations for a by-election in Chumphon, according to 4th Army Region commander Lt Gen Kriangkrai Srilak.
He headed a probe into a complaint by the coalition party.
Outlining the complaint, party spokesman Ramet Rattanachaweng said a senior-ranking army officer with the alias “Seh Tor” had led a team of about 100 soldiers in Constituency 1 in Chumphon where a by-election has been called, to pressure residents into voting for a particular candidate.
Army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewthae on Saturday instructed Lt Gen Kriangkrai to look into the accusations.
Lt Gen Kriangkrai said yesterday the probe had concluded there was no basis to the claims.
The issue might have been raised by residents, who prompted the Democrats to call for the army chief’s help to…
