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Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 110 other senior party officials have been banned from political office for five years. | Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 110 other senior party officials have been banned from political office for five years. |
The Constitutional Tribunal also ordered Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party to be dissolved after finding it guilty of violating electoral laws. | |
It ruled that two members had bribed smaller parties to influence the result of elections last April. | It ruled that two members had bribed smaller parties to influence the result of elections last April. |
Mr Thaksin was later removed in a military coup, accused of corruption. | Mr Thaksin was later removed in a military coup, accused of corruption. |