CHIANG MAI (The Nation/Asia News Network): A Chiang Mai court has ordered the Election Commission (EC) to pay 70 million baht in damages to an election candidate who was accused of vote-buying and disqualified after winning the 2019 general election.
Surapol Kietchaiyakorn (pic) of the opposition Pheu Thai Party disclosed on Thursday (April 21) that the Hot Provincial Court in the northern city ruled on Wednesday in his favour in a civil case he had filed against the EC and 14 of its officials.
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