Tentative Democrat candidate pleas innocense

Democrat Party's tentative by-election candidate Tankhun Jitisara yesterday denied he intended to disturb a recent Bangkok community public meeting.

Tankhun is expected to be the Democrat candidate in a by-election for Bangkok's Constituency 2 after Pheu Thai MP Karun Hosakul was disqualified by the Supreme Court for framing Tankhun during the election campaign.

Tankhun said he simply joined a hearing of the Niwet Chaofah community in Don Muang district on Saturday as community residents were discussing how they would spend their development budget.

Tankhun said he was invited by a university lecturer to speak, which he did for 20 minutes, before leaving the meeting room. He was later informed by a phone call from a local resident that Karun's aide, Prawet Wallop, criticised him at the hearing, claiming he had bought support from local residents by distributing free liquor during the Songkran holidays.

Tankhun said he returned to the meeting room and saw Karun sitting with his wife - so he used his mobile phone to take Karun's picture. Karun then said on a microphone that the hearing would fail because Tankhun was present, Tankhun said.

He said Karun and his aides rushed him in an intimidating manner and he begged Karun not to assault him.

"I was not pretending - I was really frightened as I went there alone," Tankhun said.

But Pheu Thai deputy spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said yesterday that Tankhun should not have been to the meeting because he had no business there.

"He violated political etiquette and went there to cause a disturbance. He took other people's pictures in an inappropriate and intimidating manner," Anusorn said.

The spokesman said Tankhun seemed to have mental problems because he suddenly cried out that Karun would assault him, although no one intended to do so.

Anusorn said Tankhun had committed political suicide because of the incident.

Anusorn said the Democrats should urgently summon Tankhun and teach him political etiquette, and not further humiliate his political opponent after Karun had already suffered because of the court's ruling.

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