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Poll body in tight spot

Sawang: Most complaints dropped

The Election Commission (EC) has found itself on the defensive over growing accusations it has been inept in meeting its job description.

The May 14 general election has come and long gone, with only a single former poll candidate indicted in court by the EC over electoral malpractice.

Indicted were Ketkanda Inchuay, who was running for an MP seat in Bangkok’s Constituency 16, and her campaign assistant, Duangruedee Phansomton, for engaging in vote-buying in the lead-up to the election that saw the Move Forward Party securing almost a clean sweep in the capital, except one constituency…

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