Opposition Reveals 860,000 Baht Transfer to Election Official
Opposition leaders presented evidence of 860,000 baht transferred to an Election Commission investigator during Senate elections, alleging coordinated fraud across multiple provinces including suspicious payments to candidates in Nakhon Pha
On August 9, 2568, opposition coordination committee chairman Pricha Wachrasindhu presented detailed financial evidence of Senate election fraud spanning four provinces. In Nakhon Phanom, a 31,000-baht transfer was made for candidate airplane tickets, with two recipients not boarding their flights. Lamphun saw a local government officer transfer 21,000 baht to seven Senate candidates, with unclear justification. In Songkhla, a Senate candidate transferred 1.5 million baht to two other candidates under the guise of a loan, and another official transferred 60,000 baht claiming educational donation. Most significantly, Amnat Charoen's administrative officer Yanee Sifah, who previously worked for a government minister, transferred 860,000 baht across 13 transactions to Surachai Kanthiyanan, an Election Commission investigator, during the exact period of the Senate election. Pricha questioned why these transfers ceased after July if they were unrelated to the election, and demanded the Election Commission explain the investigation status and whether criminal misconduct occurred. He presented the scattered evidence across six provinces as credible proof of coordinated fraud that the Election Commission must refer to court.
