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Thailand’s top court on Wednesday dissolved the opposition Move Forward Party, a year after the progressive movement won parliamentary elections in the south-east Asian country. The Constitutional Court in Bangkok outlawed the party, with former party leader Pita Limjaroenrat and other leading figures banned from holding office for a period of 10 years. Local media reported that the court’s motive was Move Forward’s opposition to the Thai monarchy. The court investigated the party after a complaint by the electoral commission that Move Forward may have acted unconstitutionally by calling for s…

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