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Pita admits share transfer

Fate may hang on iTV’s legal status

Pita: Confident he won’t be banned

Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat is not out of the woods yet, despite having transferred the controversial shares he held in iTV to his relatives.

Mr Pita, who is being investigated over 42,000 shares he held in the company, said on Tuesday he had transferred them to ensure he could be the next prime minister amid attempts to block him from entering the government.

Jade Donavanik, a legal expert and former adviser to charter drafters, said Mr Pita’s fate hinges on the question of whether iTV, an independent broadcaster founded in the 1990s, is still considered a media firm.

Under the current constitution, an…

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