Thai court accepts case against Pita over royal insults law

BANGKOK, July 12 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it had accepted a complaint against Prime Ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat and his election-winning Move Forward Party over its plans to amend a law that prohibits insults of the monarchy.

The court was responding to a complaint filed by a lawyer who alleged Move Forward’s policy amounted to an attempt “to overthrow the democratic regime of government with the king as a head of state”, adding in a statement the parties had 15 days to respond.

Reporting by Reuters Staff; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor

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