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Court 'may act on' Pita share issue

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, waves to his supporters in Samut Prakan’s Bang Sao Thong district on Friday after talking with representatives of 40 labour unions at Bang Sao Thong municipality office about raising the minimum daily wage to 450 baht. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The Constitutional Court may suspend Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat if it agrees to hear the case involving his media share ownership, says Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.

The Election Commission (EC) has begun its probe into whether Mr Pita, who is the party's list-MP and prime minister candidate, was eligible to run in the election due to his alleged holding of 42,000 shares in a media company.

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