Thais vote in first election since 2014 coup

NEWS: Thailand is voting in the first general election since a 2014 military coup, with more than 50 million people eligible to vote.

Polls have opened in the first Thai election since a 2014 coup, with a high turnout expected among a public who received a cryptic last-minute warning from the Thai king to support "good" leaders to prevent "chaos."

All television stations repeated the rare statement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn moments before polls opened across the politically turbulent country.

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Published 24 March 2019 5:40pm
Updated 24 March 2019 5:55pm
By AFP-SBS
Presented by SBS Thai
Source: AFP, SBS


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