Thai progressive party Move Forward confident in royal insult policy case


Move Forward Party's advisory chairman Pita Limjaroenrat gave evidence at a hearing in Bangkok and later said that it “went well”. PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party, which won this year's election but was shut out of government, said Monday it was confident about a court case probing campaign pledges to reform royal insult laws.

MFP won most seats in the May poll, but then-leader Pita Limjaroenrat was blocked from becoming prime minister by conservative forces in the upper house of parliament.

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