Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it had accepted a complaint against Prime Ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat and his election-winning Move Forward Party over its plans to amend a law that prohibits insults of the monarchy.
The court was responding to a complaint filed by a lawyer who alleged Move Forward's policy amounted to an attempt "to overthrow the democratic regime of government with the king as a head of state", adding in a statement the parties had 15 days to respond.
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