Thai Military Aims Crosshairs on Young Party Taking on Junta
- Future Forward is critic of junta and surged in March election
- Leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit rejects sedition claims
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Thailand’s military establishment is intensifying attacks on a young political party that surged in March’s general election and whose 40-year-old leader is the newest symbol of opposition to the junta.
The party, Future Forward, won about 18 percent of votes and is a key part of a coalition trying to prevent the junta’s proxies from forming the next government. The party’s supporters say the military administration is trying to cow opponents and blunt the anti-junta alliance to retain power.