Thai Airways International (THAI) president Sumeth Damrongchaitham on Monday said the ballots from advance voting by Thais in New Zealand had arrived at the carrier’s cargo centre on Saturday evening, but no one came to pick them up until the morning of the election.

Pheu Thai’s secretary-general Phumtham Wechayachai on Monday apologised for incidents that may have hurt the feelings of pro-democracy supporters after one of the party’s members called on the government to take legal action against the university students who paraded on Saturday.