Thailand: Ruling party on the brink

OAG sues for party dissolution. Democrats under fire over political donation The Office of the Attorney-General has submitted a formal recommendation to the Constitution Court calling for the dissolution of the Democrat Party over an alleged illegal 258 million baht donation. The prosecutors also recommended that the court ban from politics for five years all […]

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Thai commission urges that ruling party be dissolved

BANGKOK — Thailand’s electoral commission recommended Monday the dissolution of the country’s ruling party for allegedly misusing campaign donations, as protesters paraded through the streets of the capital bearing the coffins of comrades killed in violence over the weekend. Pressure has mounted on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign since the army’s failed attempt Saturday […]

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