Thai police are keeping a vigilant eye on incidents of vote-buying today, following allegations of election legislation malpractices in three intensely aggressive provinces.
After a gathering with election officers, National Police Chief Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapas confirmed yesterday the arrest of a man within the northeast Bueng Kan province, under the suspicion of vote-buying. Evidence collected in the course of the arrest included cash and ID cards. Damrongsak instructed the provincial police chief to collaborate with election officials on the case.
Pol. Gen. Damrongsak informed that checkpoints are working in areas where vote-buying is suspected, with fast response groups ready to research complaints, Bangkok Post reported.
Pol Gen Damrongsak mentioned the fiercest electoral battles are anticipated within the provinces of Samut Prakan, Nakhon Sawan, Chon Buri, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Ratchaburi, and Prachuap Khiri Khan.
A police supply mentioned that the Bueng Kan incident took place on May 10 in Ban Thung Khla of t Wang Chom Phu sub-district in the Phon Charoen district. Quick was apprehended, and his possessions included 22 notes value 500 baht and an inventory of residents. The suspect confessed to giving the cash to villagers listed in exchange for their support for a candidate in Constituency 3. The man was charged with vote-buying and quickly launched.
In record time , a newly fashioned constituency, encompasses areas in three districts: Phon Charoen, So Phisai, and Pak Khat, with candidates from three main events competing fiercely.
In addition, two more accusations emerged in Kanchanaburi and Nakhon Phanom provinces on Friday. In Kanchanaburi’s Muang district, a village head’s assistant was arrested after making an attempt to bribe election volunteers who arrived at her residence to investigate claims of vote-buying.
The volunteers searched the premises and discovered cash and an inventory of voters in her possession, after which they filed a grievance with the police. The suspect was additionally taken by authorities to provide a statement on the provincial election workplace.
In Nakhon Phanom, a registered election marketing campaign assistant confronted accusations from a rapid-response team investigating reports of vote-buying in Ban Nong Hai of tambon Ramrat within the Tha Uthen district..