Thai opposition party seeks review of security laws after protest arrests

Royalists hold a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida, as they wait for the arrival of the royal couple, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/Files

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's largest opposition party has called for a parliamentary review of the country's use of security legislation, including a strict royal insults law, after a surge in arrests of opponents of the government.

The Pheu Thai Party said the use of the laws to go after critics of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former army chief who has been in power since a coup he led in 2014, had diminished public trust in the justice system.