BANGKOK -- Thai voters delivered a surprise victory to the progressive Move Forward Party on Sunday, a stunning rebuke of not only the country's incumbent military-linked rulers but also to a political establishment that ran elections based on personal patronages.
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Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, center, parades around Bangkok's Democracy Monument to celebrate the election result on May 15. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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