Rising star in Thai politics accused of inciting unrest
Billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit says it is an old political game after the junta crackdown on his party. – EPA pic, April 3, 2019.
THE telegenic leader of a Thai political party who rode to prominence during last month’s election on a wave of millennial support stands accused of inciting unrest, he said today, blaming his latest legal woes on a “dark influence”. Billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit heads up the youth-oriented Future Forward Party, which came out of nowhere to amass more than six million votes in the March 24 vote, the first since a 2014 coup.
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