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BANGKOK - THAILAND on Thursday dismissed suggestions that foreign observers were needed to monitor its upcoming election, with the deputy prime minister saying he does 'not respect' Westerners.
It would be 'inappropriate' to allow outside involvement in the poll, which is due in June or July and comes after deadly street protests last year, said Suthep Thaugsuban.
'I don't respect 'farangs'. We do not have to surrender to them,' he said, using the Thai word for 'Westerners'.
