Largest Thai Party Seeks Changes to Law Forbidding Royal Insults
- Demonstrators have called for repealing lese majeste law
- Pheu Thai supports revision of law used to jail protesters
Protesters give the three-fingers salute at the anti-government gathering in Beangkok on Oct. 31.
Photographer: Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images
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Thailand’s largest political party has called for amending the royal defamation law, a rare move in a country where insulting the monarch could lead to as many as 15 years in prison.
The opposition Pheu Thai party, which has the largest number of lawmakers in the lower house and is linked to exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, said in a statement late on Sunday that it would propose amendments to laws that “limit political opinions,” including those dealing with lese majeste and computer crimes.