Thai court to decide if protesters aimed to overthrow monarchy

A large portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn is seen as riot police advance during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis in Bangkok in this file picture from Sept 12, 2021. - AFP

BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand's Constitutional Court is set to rule on Wednesday (Nov 10) on whether protester demands to reform the monarchy violated a provision in the military-drafted charter that bans any move to "overthrow" the royal institution.

A former adviser to the ombudsman brought the case against three activists in September last year. The plaintiff sought to show that the speeches near the start of a protest movement that began last year had expressed an intention to overthrow the monarchy, Thailand's most powerful institution.