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Thai court rules MFP bid to reform lese majeste law violates constitution

Royalists attend a celebration to mark the Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's birthday in Bangkok [File: Athit Perawongmetha/Al Jazeera]

A court in Thailand has ruled that the biggest party in parliament violated the constitution when it sought to change a strict law against insulting the country’s monarchy.

The reformist Move Forward Party (MFP) finished first in last year’s election on a progressive platform that included a proposal to amend the lese majeste law that outraged Thailand’s conservative elite.

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