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Thailand government files lese-majesty suit against banned opposition leader | Thailand

A prominent Thai opposition figure who was accused of breaching the country’s strict lese-majesty law after criticising the national vaccine strategy has said he is being targeted on political grounds.

Thailand’s government announced on Wednesday that it would file a lese-majesty complaint against Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, days after he questioned the country’s approach to producing Covid-19 vaccines, which involves a company owned by the king.

Cases filed under the lese-majesty law, which shields Thailand’s powerful royal family from criticism, have increased over recent months, as the authorities have attempted to clamp down on a student-led pro-democracy movement that has made bold calls for reform of the monarchy.

Protesters have broken a longstanding taboo to call for the wealth and influence of the king to be curbed, arguing the institution should be accountable to…

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