Thailand's Future Forward party survives dissolution threat

Opposition group not guilty of opposing monarchy, but 2nd court challenge looms

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Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit arrives at a press conference in Bangkok on Jan. 21. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thailand's second-largest opposition force, the Future Forward Party, on Tuesday avoided disbandment in a Constitutional Court ruling that nevertheless does not guarantee the party's survival.

The court ruled that young millionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit's party is not guilty of undermining the kingdom's constitutional monarchy as claimed by a petition filed by Natthaporn Toprayoon, a former adviser to the chairman of the Ombudsman's Office.

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