Thai Court Acquits Opposition Figure Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of Royal Defamation
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Patpicha Tanakasempipat
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Summary
A Thai court acquitted Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a banned opposition figure and former Future Forward Party leader, of royal defamation charges. The case stemmed from his 2021 Facebook livestream comments questioning the monarchy-linked selection of a company for Covid vaccine procurement. The acquittal removes a legal barrier to his potential return to politics.
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Thanathorn, founder and former leader of the disbanded Future Forward Party, was acquitted of the charges that stemmed from his comments in a 2021 Facebook livestream that questioned the selection of a company with links to the monarchy to procure Covid vaccine supply.
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