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Newshour: Thailand votes in first post-coup election

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Thailand votes in first post-coup election

24/03/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Thailand votes in first post-coup election

Thai voters have taken part in the country's first general election since the 2014 coup

Thai voters have taken part in the country's first general election since the 2014 coup.

Most voting appears to have gone mostly smoothly in Thailand's first election since the military took power in a coup five years ago. Ahead of the poll, King Maha Vajiralongkorn urged voters to choose good leaders and reject bad people who would cause chaos. 

Also in the programme: the Mossad agent who led the operation to capture the Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina has died; and reports have surfaced of an attempt by senior cabinet ministers to force out British prime minister Theresa May. 

Picture: Thai election officials count ballots after the closing of the polling stations during the general election in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 March 2019. Credit: EPA/NARONG SANGNAK.

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