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Pita now ineligible to be PM, according to academic
Published on 06/02/2024
» Move Forward Party prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is disqualified from the premiership after a court gave him a suspended jail sentence for his role in a flash mob protest in Bangkok in 2019, according to a prominent law academic.
Suspended jail terms for Pita, Thanathorn over flash mob
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/02/2024
» Pathumwan District Court on Monday sentenced Pita Limjaroenrat, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and six others each to four months in prison, suspended for two years, over a flash mob protest in Pathumwan district in 2019.
Cambodian PM to visit, disputed border oil reserves on agenda
Published on 05/02/2024
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet will visit Thailand on Wednesday for official talks expected to include the long-stalled joint development of natural resources within the two countries' disputed maritime boundary.
MFP unfazed by court ruling
Published on 05/02/2024
» The Constitutional Court's unanimous ruling against the Move Forward Party (MFP) concerning its push to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, has established the limits on any attempts to change the law.
Cambodian activists arrested ahead of Hun Manet visit to Thailand
Published on 03/02/2024
» Two Cambodian activists and a former political prisoner have been arrested in Thailand ahead of a visit next week by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.
Requests for Move Forward Party disbandment filed
Online Reporters, Published on 01/02/2024
» Petitioner Ruangkrai Leekitwattana on Thursday filed a petition with the Election Commission (EC), asking it to pursue the Constitutional Court's dissolution of the Move Forward Party.
Activist gets suspended jail term for lese-majeste
Published on 31/01/2024
» The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court on Wednesday found political activist Patsaravalee “Mind” Tanakitvibulpon guilty of lese-majeste in connection with a speech she made at a protest in March 2021.
Move Forward braces for key court ruling
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 31/01/2024
» Attention will once again be on a Constitutional Court ruling on Move Forward Party (MFP) affairs when on Wednesday the court passes judgement on whether the party's efforts to amend the lese majeste law are constitutional.
Activists vow to step up Thaksin protest
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/01/2024
» Students and the People's Network for Thailand Reform (STR) are planning to step up their protest against what they believe has been preferential treatment given to convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra by camping outside Government House from Feb 2.
32 airport protesters acquitted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2024
» Thirty-two members of the now-defunct People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) political group have been acquitted of insurrection-related charges, with 13 fined 20,000 baht each for trespassing and violating the emergency decree.