Ex-EC to spend third night behind bars
Three ex-EC commissioners convicted of malfeasance will have to spend third night behind bars on Thursday as their lawyer said he could not forward bail request to court in time.
Jessada Chandi said team of lawyers would have to discuss many topics such as whether the bail request would be done on individual basis and whether to use cash as a guarantee for the requested bail. "Therefore, I don't think that we could put forward the bail to the Court by today," Jessada said. He was speaking after visiting the convicted ex-EC members; EC chairman Vasana Puemlarp and commissioners Prinya Nakchudtree and Virachai Naewboonnien. The trio were found guilty of malfeasance and mishandling the April and subsequent elections and sentenced to four years in prison as well as their election rights be stripped of for 10 years on Tuesday. They were then put behind bars at Bangkok Remand Prison. Their bids to be released on bail were rejected by all three top courts even though they have resigned from the positions. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court rejected the former EC members' request for bail on grounds that their release could cause further political turmoil. Despite the courts' rejections, the trio are entitled to resubmit their request for bail.
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