Popular Thai party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit answers junta sedition summons

The leader of a popular new Thai political party that ran a strong third in last month’s elections met police on Saturday to hear criminal charges of sedition against him filed by the ruling military junta.Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit was greeted by a crowd of around 300-400 supporters chanting “Keep fighting, Thanathorn!” as he arrived at Pathumwan police station in Bangkok to answer a police summons on a complaint of sedition and assisting criminals filed by a junta officer. The charges…