If found guilty, he could be disqualified in his bid for the PM post and face up to 10 years in jail. Read more at straitstimes.com.
is facing an election probe that could see him disqualified, said a senior official on Monday, in the latest setback to Mr Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid for the premiership.
But he has faced a number of challenges and complaints, and the election commission has now set up a special committee Mr Pita says he inherited the shares in ITV television station, which has not broadcast since 2007, from his father.MFP secretary-general Chaitawat Tulathon said: “MFP is still confident that people power will win in the end, and the election commission will work honestly based on constitutional principles.”
MFP’s determination to amend Thailand’s tough laws against insulting King Maha Vajiralongkorn has spooked the royalist-military conservative establishment.
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