Pita Limjaroenrat (l) will return to parliament after a Bangkok court cleared him of breaking candidate rules
Thailand’s reformist political champion will be re-instated as an MP after winning a trial his supporters say was aimed at ending his political career.
The Harvard-educated Pita Limjaroenrat and his Move Forward party won the most votes in a huge election win last year.
But he failed to take charge after being blocked by the unelected Senate.
The charismatic young leader was seen as a threat to the establishment for promising to reform harsh royal insult laws and to tackle military influence.
While negotiating to form a coalition government after his election victory, two court cases were lodged against him. His supporters saw this as part of a wider campaign by conservative political forces to oust him from politics…
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