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ELECTORAL FRAUD :EC to probe slow investigations
The Election Commission has set up two fact-finding teams to investigate the failure by former election commissioners to take action in thousands of electoral fraud cases by the legal deadline, which resulted in allowing several alleged wrongdoers to walk free, a source said yesterday.
The first team, headed by EC deputy secretary-general Prawing Kachachiva, will try to determine why in many cases the election commissioners made judgements but no official verdicts were completed by the one-year deadline, said the source. In other cases, the written verdicts lacked the signatures of the election commissioners, which made them ineffective. According to the statute of limitations, the EC has one year after endorsing an election result to take action in an electoral-fraud case. The second fact-finding team, headed by EC inspector-general Pokkrong Sunthornsut, is investigating why the former election commissioners failed to meet the deadline in so many cases, the source said, adding that the two teams have 30 days to complete their probes.
ASTROnomy OLYMPIAD :Thai students take three medals Thai students yesterday brought three medals home from the International Astronomy Olympiad, held in India this year. Suwan Suwannarat won a silver medal, while Phusanaphan Phanthong and Wanicha Lithochawalit won bronze medals, Thai Astronomical Society secretary-general Prapi Wiraporn said. Suwan and Phusanaphan are junior secondary students. The former attends Suankularb Wittayalai School and the latter attends Chiang Mai University's Demonstration School. Wanicha is a senior secondary student at Mahidol Wittayanusorn School.
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