Teenage boys were caught destroying Democrat
Party campaign posters in Sattahip.
Patcharapol Panrak
Sattahip police have arrested five youths accused of
destroying Democratic Party campaign posters.
Former Sattahip Moo 6 village chief Natchai Sangsri -
who earlier this month reported vandalism against numerous ruling
coalition signboards - again called police June 23 to say two teenagers
had gotten into a fight with five vandals at Prince Chumphon Park. The
sign-bashing gang damaged 10 posters before fleeing on motorbikes on Soi
Bonkai.
Four hours after a formal complaint by Democratic
Zone 8 MP candidate Maitree Soiluang that as many as 40 of his party’s
signs had been destroyed, police arrested 5 boys ranging in age from 14
to 16.
The students all claimed they wrecked the signboards
because the prime minister was more handsome than them, not because of
any political or financial motivation. Police, however, suspected they
were paid by rival political parties to vandalize the signs.
Nonetheless, Maitree accepted their explanation and refused to press
charges. Police issued warnings to the boys and their parents.
