Thailand holds senatorial election
The vote count at poll stations is expected to be completed by 8pm (local time).
As many as 77 members of the 150-seat Senate are directly elected from
77 Thai provinces and cities, while 73 members are appointed from
various independent agencies by the Senate.
Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been summoned to appear
before the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on March 31 to
defend herself against charges of negligence linked to a failed national
rice subsidy scheme.
The NACC said she ignored warnings of corruption in the process and financial losses resulted from the scheme.
If indicted she would face an impeachment vote in the upper house that
could lead to her removal from office and a five-year ban from
politics.-VNA