Pheu Thai’s former MP of Lamphun, Rangsan Maneerat, Pheu Thai’s former MP of Lampang, Sompoch Saithep, Tambon Banthi deputy mayor, Parinya Khaorat, and the Mahachon Party’s one-time party-list MP candidate, Supakit Kachaseni, have been charged with sedition, criminal association, and violating clause 2 of Article 61 of the referendum law.

Acting Crime Suppression Division chief Pol Maj-General Charn Wimolsri and Chiang Mai provincial police chief Maj-General Montri Sambunnanont are overseeing the detention of the four suspects and had them undergo |physical check-ups in case allegations of assault during detention emerge.

The Election Commission had earlier filed complaints with police accusing the suspects of the alleged offences.

Security officials alleged circumstantial evidence linked the four with 14 suspects standing trial on the same charges.