Thailand's rising political star Thanathorn under fire as election nears

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BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Young people line up to take selfies with him. His hashtags are trending. And when billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit promises an end to Thailand's military 'dictatorship', supporters of his Future Forward Party roar their approval.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"It's fear. Nobody thought we'd come this far. This is dictatorship's last struggle for life," he told Reuters.

The election is broadly seen as a race between the military-backed royalist prime minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, and supporters of exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was overthrown in a 2006 coup. The February poll conducted by Bansomdej University surveyed 1,152 people in Bangkok, with a three per cent margin of error.

About 14 per cent of the electorate, or 7 million people, are eligible to vote for the first time next month.

 

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