PUBLISHED : 17 Nov 2023 at 09:23
The Election Commission (EC) has decided to ask the Supreme Court’s Election Division to strip a Democrat election candidate in Bangkok and her campaign assistant of their election rights for allegedly engaging in vote-buying.
In its statement, the EC said it had found Ketkanda Inchuay, a Democrat candidate for Bangkok’s Constituency 16, and her campaign assistant, Duangruedee Phansomton, were involved in vote-buying in the lead-up to the May 14 general election.
The EC said it would pursue legal action against the pair and forward the case to the Supreme Court’s Election Division to consider stripping them of their election rights.
According to the EC’s findings, between April 17-19, Ms Duangruedee…
