Thailand party ban could topple new government

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Updated July 9, 2008 20:34:18

A senior member of the governing People Power Party has been banned from politics after being found guilty of electoral fraud, and he could take the party down with him.

Presenter: Karen Percy
Speakers: Thitinan Pongsudhirak, political commentator based at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.

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