{"id":8754,"date":"2025-02-20T04:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/775947216856776704-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:21:20","slug":"775947216856776704-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/775947216856776704-2\/","title":{"rendered":"775947216856776704"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2025\/02\/thai-opposition-leader-defends-support-for-lese-majeste-law-change\/\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2025\/02\/thai-opposition-leader-defends-support-for-lese-majeste-law-change\/\",\"title\":\"Thai Opposition Leader Defends Support for Lese-Majeste Law Change\",\"description\":\"The country\u2019s anti-corruption agency is investigating 44 ex-MPs from the dissolved Move Forward Party over their support for changes to the \",\"site_name\":\"thediplomat.com\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"ba51d1cc9a18ad6d50b8ad3810e118e3:ac96e772784fec66-f4\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2025\/02\/thai-opposition-leader-defends-support-for-lese-majeste-law-change\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thai Opposition Leader Defends Support for Lese-Majeste Law Change<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the 2020-21 protests, the Thai establishment has sought to reinstate the political taboo against any critical discussion of the monarchy. 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