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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Thailand's ruling party braces for ban verdict AFP - 56 minutes ago Send IM Story Print BANGKOK (AFP) - – Thailand's ruling party risks court-ordered abolition and its leader a ban from politics, in a ruling due Monday that threatens to disrupt the nation's already troubled political landscape. The Constitutional Court in Bangkok was scheduled to deliver its verdict in a trial on charges of misuse of a 29-million-baht (960,000 dollar) state grant in 2005 after hearing closing remarks in the case. "The court will rule on the case this afternoon at 2 pm (0700 GMT)," said judge Nurak Mapraneet. The court has the power to disband the ruling Democrat party and hand down five-year political bans for senior figures, including Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Thailand's Election Commission (EC) in April called for the Democrats -- the country's oldest party -- to be abolished over the accusations, as well as a separate case alleging an undeclared political donation. The call coincided with the country's worst political violence in decades, which ultimately left more than 90 people dead and almost 1,900 wounded in a series of street clashes between opposition protesters and troops. "The decision was made when there was pressure, threats against the EC. Protesters carried coffins in front of the building," Democrats' advisor Chuan Leekpai told the court in his closing statement on behalf of the party. The Democrats are accused of paying 23 million baht to advertising firms, despite having permission to spend only 19 million on billboard marketing. Prosecutor Kitinan Thuchpramook insisted the EC's complaint was made "with legitimacy and care, with no bias against the party and not under any threat". "It believes that the party misused the grant and failed to be open about the facts," he told the court in his final comments. The prime minister was present for the closing statements in court, where hundreds of policemen were on hand outside to ensure security. "If the Democrat party was dissolved, and I was banned from politics, I would immediately leave the position of prime minister," Abhisit said on Sunday. The party's deputy leader at the time of the alleged grant misuse, Abhisit appeared as a witness for the defence during the trial, telling the court the election body had been informed about changes in campaign plans. He has also had to defend the Democrats against accusations that a member of his party had attempted to influence the judiciary in the case. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has said there is "no contingency plan" in place for a ban as the party was sure that it would win the case. "The Democrats have been in politics for more than 60 years, everybody is confident," he said. Allegations that a Democrat lawmaker met an aide of a Constitutional Court judge ahead of a hearing in October -- and was captured doing so on video -- were splashed on the front pages of local newspapers. Three out of the original nine judges have since withdrawn from the case to pursue legal action against the aide, whom they accuse of leaking the video. This leaves an even number of judges remaining on the case, causing concern about a possible judicial stalemate. Some observers question whether Abhisit's backers in the military and Bangkok-based elite would allow the Democrats to be toppled. The party came to power in a parliamentary vote two years ago after court decisions ousted allies of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was himself unseated in a 2006 military coup. The judiciary forced two premiers from office in 2008 -- one of them, Samak Sundaravej, was removed for taking payments for hosting TV cooking shows. 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