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(BangkokPost.com)
Related agencies are being pressured by Election Commission (EC) member Sodsri Sattiyatham to speed up an investigation into the hi-thaksin.net website, formed by staunch supporters of the ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The investigation was ordered after People Power party (PPP) leader Samak Sundaravej recently claimed through the website that Mr Thaksin had already returned to Thailand.
Mr Thaksin is currently in self-imposed exile in London after he was forced from power in a military-backed coup in September 2006.
“These kinds of claims could have a drastic affect on national security,” Sodsri warned. “The EC has no authority to close down the website but I urge those who do to seriously consider the appropriateness of the site’s content.”
Over at the PPP camp, promises are already being thrown around to make Mr Thaksin the party’s chairman of the advisory board if PPP won the election.
“The EC has already advised all 111 former Thasin’s Thai Rak Thai party executives on what should and should not be done. The EC has full authority to order the dissolution of any party found to have violated the law," Mrs Sodsri said.
By : Bangkok Post
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