The Election Commission (EC) yesterday rejected a claim by the opposition Pheu Thai Party that it had discarded a complaint against the Democrat Party in last Sunday's by-election in Bangkok's Constituency 6.

Suthep Romayanond, chief of the EC's Bangkok office, said that the five election commissioners have been informed about a complaint against Theptai Senapong, spokesman for the Democrat Party leader, for his alleged remark that the Pheu Thai candidate in the by-election, Kokaew Pikulthong, was "ko kuan" and "ko karnrai" (troublemaker and terrorist).