Mr Jonathan has made some attempts to ensure that next year's poll is fairer than the last one in 2007, when hired thugs stole ballot boxes and children's names appeared on inflated voters' registers.

鉴于有流氓受指使偷盗投票箱，虚胀的选举人登记单上出现了儿童的名字，乔纳森采取了一些措施以保证明年的投票比2007年更加公平公正。

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The Duvaliers governed with the help of their notoriously violent hired thugs, the Tontons Macoutes.

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One of these, al-Destour, a weekly, reported a case where residents of one Delta village captured three hired NDP thugs, videotaped their confessions, then traded them for five Muslim Brothers held by the police.

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With little evidence, the sisters' lawyer speculated in a London court that the thugs were hired by Alvaro to steal the will so it would not interfere with his designs on the company.

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