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Thai politician Pita Limjaroenrat ‘highly confident’ ahead of possible ban
A POPULAR Thai politician facing a decade-long ban after challenging royal defamation laws said he was “highly confident” of a ruling in his favour by Thailand’s top court expected on Wednesday.
Setback for Thailand's Move Forward Party as court accepts dissolution case
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Apr 3) accepted a case seeking the dissolution of the opposition Move Forward Party, in another blow for a popular anti-establishment movement pushing maj...
Thai election commission to ask court to disband Move Forward Party
Thailand’s election commission on Tuesday (Mar 12) passed a resolution to request a court to dissolve the opposition Move Forward party.
Thai former PM hopeful hit with more legal trouble
A Thai court on Monday (Feb 5) handed suspended sentences to former prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat and seven other political figures for holding an unlawful rally in 2019.
Thailand’s Move Forward Party faces dissolution threat after court order
Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won the most seats in last year’s election, faces renewed threats of dissolution following a guilty court ruling over its bid to loosen the country’s royal defamat...
Thai court rules election winners violated constitution on royal insults law
A Thai court on Wednesday (Jan 31) ruled the biggest party in parliament had violated the constitution in seeking to change a law against insulting the monarchy, in what could set a precedent for any ...
Thai court clears former PM hopeful of violating election law
A Thai court on Wednesday (Jan 24) ruled former prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat had not violated election law and could remain a lawmaker, surviving the first of two cases targeting the an...
Thwarted Thai PM candidate Pita vows to run again
Thwarted Thai election winner Pita Limjaroenrat vowed on Thursday (Nov 9) to run for prime minister again, defying conservative forces that blocked him from the job this year and despite a looming cou...
Disqualified reformist Pita Limjaroenrat sees long-term change in Thailand
YOUNG Thai reformist Pita Limjaroenrat, who led his party to the most votes in elections but was blocked from office, voiced hope on Monday for long-term changes even if his own political fate is unce...
Former Thai PM frontrunner quits as leader of Move Forward Party
Pita Limjaroenrat, whose bid to become Thailand’s prime minister was thwarted by the royalist conservative establishment, resigned as leader of the Move Forward Party to pave the way for a new chief t...