Overview
- Thailand's Supreme Court accepted the anti-graft body's petition on Friday and scheduled trial proceedings to start June 30.
- The 44 face ethics charges tied to a 2021 bid to soften Section 112, a royal insult law that carries up to 15 years in prison per offence.
- Those named include People's Party figures and ex-Move Forward lawmakers, with 10 serving MPs kept in their seats pending trial.
- Possible penalties include lifetime bans from holding office and loss of voting rights for 10 years if found guilty.
- Human rights groups condemn the case as politically driven, noting courts already dissolved Move Forward in 2024 after it was blocked from forming a government in 2023.