DSI to review sedition complaint against poll-watchers

Bangkok Post - Oct 23, 2026

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will examine a complaint seeking sedition charges against eight activists accused of trying to decode ballot codes in a Bangkok by-election, according to the justice minister.

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