Thailand´s most popular opposition party in years ordered disbanded in a ruling that rights groups ...
(WorldNews Health)

Thailand´s most dynamic political force in years was ordered disbanded Friday by the country´s Constitutional Court, in a ruling that rights groups say is part of a pattern of judicial harassment aimed at smothering democracy. The Future Forward Party was found to have violated a law governing political parties by accepting a loan from its young tycoon leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, to fund an electoral campaign. Advertisement The party maintains that the 191 million baht loan, equivalent to about $6 million, was legitimate, and that the campaign financing rules are so ambiguous that it would have been impossible to know whether the loan contravened them. Other political parties have...