Former senator Ruengkrai Leekitwattana has petitioned the Election Commission (EC) to probe 10 Democrat MPs -- including party heavyweights Korn Chatikavanij and Jitpas Kridakorn -- for allegedly violating media shareholding rules prior to registering as election candidates. Mr Korn, a Democrat party-list MP, says he gave his shares to another person, but Mr Ruengkrai claimed the shares were transferred on April 9 — about two months after the MP application period ended. The court last week found the accusation against Mr Thanathorn has grounds and decided to suspend him as an MP. If the evidence corroborates the claims, then the court should immediately issue an order to suspend them as MPs, Mr Ruengkrai added. Mr Thanathorn and the 10 Democrats are suspected of violating Section 98(3) of the charter, which prohibits owners and shareholders of media and/or publishing firms applying to become MPs.

Source: Bangkok Post May 30, 2019 23:03 UTC