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Witnesses told the police officers, who were accompanied by village head Chatchaval Suksawat, the vandalism had been carried out by a group of about 100 pig-tailed macaques that have been living in the bushes around the temple.
Police chased the remaining monkeys from the polling place into some nearby trees.
Chatchaval said the lists would be replaced and the polling place would be secured to prevent further incursions from the democracy-interrupting simians.
The incident was reported to the provincial Election Commission and the National Police Office, officials said.