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Opposition presses for Pullman CCTV review as PM, minister, senator reject Senate collusion claims
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The opposition on Monday called on the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the Election Commission (EC) to examine CCTV footage from the Pullman King Power Hotel and mobile phone location data, saying the evidence could help verify allegations of a meeting involving newly elected senators at the center of the 2024 Senate election collusion case.
Key facts
- People’s Party deputy leader and opposition chief whip Parit Wacharasindhu made the call after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he frequently visited the hotel but did not directly answer whether he was there on July 21, 2024, as
- The comments followed an opposition forum on Sunday, where lawmakers, academics, civil society representatives and witnesses presented what they described as new evidence of a five-stage operation to manipulate the 2024 Senate election
- The opposition further alleged that candidates from several provinces gathered at at least seven hotels and other venues in Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Nayok and Samut Sakhon on June 24-25, 2024, where they were allegedly briefed,
- Witnesses also claimed dozens of newly elected senators met at the Pullman King Power Hotel on July 21, 2024, ahead of the Senate president election, where resignation letters were allegedly collected in advance, and that some politicians
Summary
People’s Party deputy leader and opposition chief whip Parit Wacharasindhu made the call after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he frequently visited the hotel but did not directly answer whether he was there on July 21, 2024, as alleged by witnesses.
The comments followed an opposition forum on Sunday, where lawmakers, academics, civil society representatives and witnesses presented what they described as new evidence of a five-stage operation to manipulate the 2024 Senate election. The allegations come as the EC considers a case involving 229 people — 138 sitting senators and 91 Bhumjaithai executives, politicians and associated network figures — following a joint EC-DSI investigation.