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Poll disqualification threat looms over Move Forward leader

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat answers reporters' questions during a campaign rally near Victory Monument in Bangkok on May 4. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

A candidate of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) on Wednesday asked the Election Commission to consider disqualifying Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat from politics for alleged asset concealment.

List candidate Ruangkrai Leekitwattana petitioned the EC to look into Mr Pita's eligibility, claiming that the MFP leader held 42,000 shares in iTV Plc, a broadcaster that stopped operating in 2007. The constitution prohibits a shareholder of a mass media organisation standing in a general election.

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