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PPRP 'received cash' from drugs pub boss

Activist Srisuwan Janya shows his written complaint at the Office of the Election Commission on Friday. (Photo from his Facebook page)

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) faces an investigation that could result in its dissolution after a key party figure admitted the party accepted a donation from the alleged owner of a Bangkok pub raided early this week.

A highly placed source in the Election Commission (EC) said the poll agency can launch a fact-finding investigation without waiting for a petition to be lodged following the disclosure from PPRP's chief strategist Somsak Thepsutin that the party accepted three million baht from Chaiyanat Kornchayanant last year.

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