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Ex-MP Ekkarat’s U-turn lets Bhumjaithai off hook in Senate probe
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- Former MP Ekkarat Changlao dramatically retracted his testimony just days before a verdict, initially accusing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Bhumjaithai Party figures of electoral fraud in a Senate vote-rigging investigation.
- His U-turn, where he claimed to have made allegations under pressure from rivals, prompted the Election Commission (EC) to drop charges against top Bhumjaithai executives, citing Ekkarat's unreliability as a witness.
- The EC's decision ignited public outrage and criticism, with opponents pointing to phone records that supported Ekkarat's initial claims and watchdogs suggesting political influence in the EC's ruling.
- Ekkarat's own credibility is compromised by a history of legal issues, including a recent lifetime ban from contesting elections and a 12-year prison sentence for embezzling over 400 million baht from a teachers’ cooperative.
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