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Thai court orders dissolution of opposition party - DW News
Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward party over its proposed amendment to reform the country's royal defamation laws. The court ruled the proposal unconstitutional, with serious consequences for the party and its leader. Pita Limjaroenrat led the Move Forward party to a popular victory in last year's elections, but he was blocked from forming a government. He and his party have now been banned from politics for a decade. Thailand has some of the strictest royal defamation laws in the world.
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00:00 Thai court orders dissolution of opposition party
00:35 Matt Hunt, Journalist
03:35 Pita Limjaroenrat, Former Opposition Leader
04:17 Panu Wongcha-um, Journalist