Thai billionaire faces risk of losing parliament seat

Court accepts case to disqualify Thanathorn over alleged media ownership

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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of Thailand's Future Forward party, greets supporters as he arrives at a police station to hear a sedition complaint in April.  © Reuters

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- A prominent Thai anti-junta political figure faces the risk of losing his lower house seat, which he gained in the March election, in a legal case seen as boosting the prospects of the former military rulers.

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