BANGKOK, May 14 – A spokesman for the police revealed that 20 ballots had been ripped off 1 hour before closing the box, buying votes in 8 provinces, and 4 arrests with evidence.
At 3:30 p.m., Pol. Lt. Gen. Archayaon Kraithong, spokesman for the Royal Thai Police. Revealing an overview of election security throughout the country. 1 hour before closing time, 20 ballot papers were reported to have been torn off, 1 recorded in a booth in Rayong province, selling liquor during prohibited hours at 7 cases were determined by the Election Commission or the ECT and destroyed 145 campaign signs, more than 1,000 signs, and a total of 8 voting rights were found. The police arrested 4 cases with intermediaries, while the other 4 cases are in the process of collecting evidence. Whether it is in the network of buying votes or not, with 8 provinces consisting of Bueng Kan, Ayutthaya, Phichit, Songkhla, Nakhon Phanom, Kanchanaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Nakhon Ratchasima, in which the case must be investigated to expand the results, are there any co-offenders? find out the next facts
However, today's election Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat, the police chief, is concerned that around 5:00 p.m., there will be a large number of people voting and there will be traffic problems, so he asks people to allow time to travel to each unit. will not lose their rights. In the case of Mr. Chuwit Kamolwisit, he directly complained to the Commissioner of Police that there was a lot of noise trading in many areas. The police have received such complaints. And is in the process of checking and if any people have clues about wrongdoing, they can notify the authorities.
As for the more than 15,000 polling stations that do not have police to facilitate them. Accept that the area does not have enough troops to take care of it. But the Royal Thai Police has assigned a fast-moving suit to keep an eye on orderliness. Including coordinating other government agencies to facilitate instead This is not a problem or obstacle in the election at all. Because across the country there are more than 90,000 polling stations and more than 150,000 police are used.
While after closing the election box at 5:00 p.m. today, the SEC will hold a meeting summarizing the situation across the country at 5:30 p.m. at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters, 20th floor, Building 1. After that, there will be a press conference to the media at 6:30 p.m. – .
Source: Thai News Agency