Thai runner-up party seeks criminal case against officials

A THAI political party that came second in this month's vote filed a criminal complaint yesterday against the nation’s election commissioners, accusing them of violating election laws, the party’s deputy said.

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The reformist People’s Party “submitted a case” to a criminal court against seven election commissioners, the Election Commission’s secretary-general and another election official, deputy party leader Wayo Assawarungruang said.

“Two charges involve wrongful exercise of duties, and the last charge we claimed was about marking ballots with QR codes and barcodes which allow the votes to be traced and not kept secret as it should be,” Wayo said.

The Election Commission confirmed the victory of caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s conservative Bhumjaithai party this week, ratifying most of the vote results.