NHRC to probe the campaign prohibition for 111 banned executives

"If petitioned, the NHRC is obliged to conduct a review after checking whether the compliant is under a judicial review or relating to a verdict," he said.

Saneh spoke in reaction to news reports that banned executive Chaturon Chaisang was planning to petition the NHRC to review the Friday's ruling by the Election Commission to prohibit banned executives from campaign activities.

A first step in the NHRC investigation will involve a factfinding mission in order to determine the cause for suspicion of any human rights violations, he said. To gather evidence, the NHRC might have to ask for the five election commissioners to testify, he added.

Another banned executive Sutham Saengpratoom said he would on Friday organise a rally to oppose the EC's ruling at Lumpini Park.

The Nation