Thai court acquits opposition party of sedition charge

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday acquitted the country’s third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the constitutional monarchy in…

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday acquitted the country’s third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the constitutional monarchy in another legal case that highlights the political divisions in the Southeast Asian nation.

The court ruled the Future Forward Party showed no intention of committing the offense and the complaint had not been filed correctly.

The party still could be dissolved under another pending charge of breaking election laws by taking a large loan from its leader. The party was founded in 2018 during military rule, and takes progressive positions that are anathema to Thailand’s royalist ruling elite.