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Party leaders were among throngs of Thai voters appearing at polling stations nationwide early on Sunday to cast their ballots in an election that will decide whether Prayut Chan-o-cha will be ousted and replaced as prime minister eight years in power.
Incidents of people tearing ballot papers were reported in several provinces, but violators – most elderly and with health issues – insisted they had no intention of destroying the ballot papers and acted out of misunderstanding.
Police have arrested a Thai man as an accessory in the alleged abduction and crypto-ransom by immigration police officers of a Chinese man and his Thai interpreter.
A 55-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged "convenience store project" Ponzi scheme which caused his investors to lose about 500 million baht.
A Malaysian man arrested in Bangkok in June for alleged wildlife trafficking has been extradited to the United States.