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FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, an election officer counts votes at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Election Commission has officially endorsed the results from the country's March 24 general election, declaring that the Pheu Thai party associated with fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra topped the field by winning 136 constituencies. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Final count of 1st vote since coup leaves Thailand divided

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Official Thai election results favor anti-military party

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FILE - In this March 9, 2016, file photo, Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra responds to questions during a interview in New York. Thailand's king has stripped fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin of his royal decorations, citing his 2008 flight to escape serving a two-year prison term on a conflict of interest conviction and other legal cases against him. Thai media reported that the Royal Command from King Maha Vajiralongkorn was published Saturday, March 30, 2019 in the Royal Gazette. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Thai king strips fugitive ex-PM Thaksin of royal decorations

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Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, right, arrives at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 26, 2019. A military-backed party has taken the lead in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup, preliminary results showed, suggesting junta leader and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha could stay in power, helped by an electoral system tilted in the military's favor.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Key developments from Thailand’s post-coup election

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of the Palang Pracharat Party delivers a speech to supporters, during an election campaign rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 22, 2019. The political movement that has won every Thai election in nearly two decades is facing its biggest test yet: Squaring off against the allies of the military junta that removed it from power and rewrote the electoral rules with the goal of putting an end to those victories. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai parties hold final campaign rallies before election

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

The leader of Pheu Thai Party and candidate for prime minister Sudarat Keyuraphan reaches to shake hands of supporters during an election rally concluding their campaign ahead of general election in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 22, 2019. The nation's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup is scheduled to be held on March 24. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thailand’s new government could be unstable, short-lived

By STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, March 5, 2019, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives at the Government House before a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Prayuth became prime minister in a very Thai way: He led a military coup. Now after five years of running Thailand with absolute power, he's seeking to hold on to the top job through the ballot box. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Prayuth Chan-ocha, in Thailand election, faces pro-democracy ‘scum’

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

In this March 19, 2019, photo, Thai student walks over a footbridge bridge through dilapidated homes along the Phra Khanong canal in Bangkok, Thailand. Ahead of next weekend's general election, the widespread dissatisfaction among the country's poor with how the economy is doing may be balanced out by strong support for the junta from big business and wealthier Thais. For many voters, the still bigger issue is the role of the military after it took over in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pocketbook issues eclipsed by military role in Thai election

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

In this March 14, 2019, photo, Veerawit Chuajunud, center, who changed his name to Thaksin Chuajunud for Pheu Chart party, makes his election campaign in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is in exile and banned from interfering in the country’s politics. But his name is a powerful political attraction and in tribute, and to win votes, some candidates in general election on Sunday, March 24, 2019 have changed their names to Thaksin so supporters of the former leader can register their loyalty at the ballot box. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pro-Thaksin candidates adopt his name in Thai election

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Leader of Thai Raksa Chart party Preechapol Pongpanich, center, leaves Thai Raksa Chart party to Constitutional Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 7, 2019. Thailand's Constitutional Court expected to issue ruling on whether to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart political party, less than three weeks before long-delayed elections. The Thai Raksa Chart Party has been threatened with dissolution for having nominated King Maha Vajiralongkorn's sister as its candidate for prime minister, an unprecedented move that the monarch declared was inappropriate and unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai court disbands political party for nominating princess

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Supporters raise posters of Pheu Thai Party's candidates during an election campaign in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The nation's first general election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup is expected to be held on March 24. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai party challenging army rule holds first Bangkok rally

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Preechapol Pongpanich, leader of Thai Raksa Chart party, greets party officials and media in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. The Thai Raksa Chart party, that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister, is fighting for its political life as the Election Commission says it has recommended that it be dissolved. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Thai party fighting for survival after gaffe with princess

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and GRANT PECK Kaweewit Kaewjinda and Grant Peck - Associated Press

In this Oct 27, 2017, file photo, Thai Princess Ubolratana Mahidol waves to Thai people outside Grand Palace in Bangkok , Thailand. Thai Raksa Chart party on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, named the princess as its nominee to be the next prime minister, upending tradition of the palace eschewing politics and upsetting all predictions about what might happen in next month's elections. (AP Photo)

Princess Ubolratana Mahidol prime minister bid in Thailand disqualified

By Richard S. Ehrlich — The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2017, file photo, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn walks in a funeral procession of his father the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand. Late Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, King Vajiralongkorn issued a decree stating that no member of the royal family should be involved in politics, quashing a bid by his older sister to run for prime minister in next month's elections. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Thailand puzzles over political surprises from royals

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2010, file photo, Thai Princess Ubolratana poses for a photo during her visit to promote Thailand's film industry at the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong Filmart. Thai Raksa Chart party selected Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, the princess as its nominee to serve as the next prime minister, upending tradition that the royal palace plays no public role in politics and upsetting all predictions about what may happen in the March election. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Princess Ubolratana Mahidol’s run for prime minister shocks Thai politics

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Leader of Democrat party Abhisit Vejjajiva, center right, is greeted by supporters as he arrives for the registration of constituency candidates competing in upcoming general election at Thailand-Japan Youth Center stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Candidates in Thailand’s first general election since the military seized power almost five years ago, began registering on Monday. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Candidates register for 1st Thai general election since coup

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

Phantongtae Shinawatra, son of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives at prosecutor's office Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. Phantongtae has been indicted Wednesday for a money laundering charge, as authorities pile pressure on the former premier’s political allies. (AP Photo)

Son of former Thai PM indicted on money laundering charge

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Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra could be imprisoned for 10 years for "negligence" when the Supreme Court renders its verdict next week. (Associated Press/File)

Yingluck Shinawatra verdict for ‘negligence’ looms

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

A man, center, is detained by plainclothes police officers after holding an anti-coup sign outside a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, May 31, 2014. In his first address to the public since taking control of Thailand in a bloodless coup, army commander Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the military junta, said it could take more than a year for new elections to be held because peace and reforms must be achieved first. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thailand’s coup: Key questions answered

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Thai riot police stand guard near Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 30, 2014. An anti-coup activist called Friday for a weekend rally to defy the military government's ban on demonstrations, urging those opposed to the takeover to wear masks and be ready for cat-and-mouse chases with soldiers in the capital. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai junta: Elections could take more than 1 year

By THANYARAT DOKSONE - Associated Press