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Thai Court To Rule On Royal Defamation Election Pledge

Pita Limjaroenrat was cleared last week of breaching election laws (Credit: AFP)

Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party, which won most seats at the last election, faces a crunch court ruling Wednesday on the legality of its campaign pledge to reform the kingdom's tough royal defamation laws.

MFP upended Thailand's political order by coming first in the general election last May, but its promises to reform the military, business monopolies and lese-majeste laws spooked the kingdom's powerful conservative elite.

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