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Fraud evidence getting fishy

| Source: REUTERS

Fraud evidence getting fishy

BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's election watchdog has been
forced to throw out evidence of vote buying because it can't
stand the smell, an election commissioner said on Thursday.

The offices of the Election Commission in the Thai capital
have been filled with thousands of items from soap bars to clocks
to cooking utensils given by candidates to voters ahead of the
Jan. 6 general election.

Some of the gifts have begun to rot.

"Fresh items such as eggs started to rot and fish sauce in
broken bottles caused a foul smell in our office," Election
Commission Secretary-General Vijit Yusuparp told Reuters.

"So we had to throw them away and took pictures of the items
as evidence instead."

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