Pita Limjaroenrat announced that his Move Forward Party (MFP) will form a pro-democracy government coalition with another 7 parties after it secured victory in the general election

A 16-year-old girl from Phitsanulok has been charged with royal defamation after she was accused of insulting the monarchy on Facebook in November 2020, when she was 14 years old.

After the Central Juvenile and Family Court issued a statement claiming that it was appropriate to detain 15-year-old activist Thanalop Phalanchai, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) released a statement countering the court’s claim, saying that her arrest was against both Thai law and international human rights law.

Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled former Thai PM, discussed the post-election situation and affirmed his intention to return home despite having to serve his time in prison.

Students and alumni of Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School stood in front of the school for 1 hour and 12 minutes on Tuesday (16 May) to protest the detention of 15-year-old Thanalop Phalanchai, an activist and fellow student at the school.

In Sunday’s general election the former opposition parties defeated the military-backed parties that have ruled the country since the 2014 coup, and demonstrated their readiness to form a new government.

A crowd of voters gathered at the Bang Phlat District Office at around 3.00 on 15 May to demand a vote recount after complaints that some vote counting was being done behind closed doors and that district officials did not allow observers.

An ultraconservative think tank’s claim that Western diplomats were meeting with election contenders to discuss abolishing the royal defamation law was disputed Friday by an embassy named in the allegation. 

Democrat Party MP candidate Chanchai Issarasenarak has asked the EC to clarify the status of 129 MP candidates who hold shares in media companies.

A Palang Pracharath party-list candidate, filed a petition with the EC to investigate Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader and PM candidate of the Move Forward Party, for allegedly holding shares in a media company.