Thread by @zenjournalist

A quick thread the bizarre conspiracy theories being used to try to undermine Thailand's Future Forward Party. After coming third in the March elections, @FWPthailand and its leader @Thanathorn_FWP have been relentlessly attacked by the military/monarchy regime. 1/9

They are facing multiple lawsuits including one from from ultraroyalist lawyer Natthaporn Toprayoon accusing the party of wanting to overthrow the system of constitutional monarchy in Thailand. The Constitutional Court has agreed to consider the case bangkokpost.com/thailand/polit… 2/9

If the court agrees that Future Forward wants to end the system of constitutional monarchy, the party could be dissolved. 3/9

It's a ridiculous case — @BangkokPostNews one of Natthaporn's arguments is that the way the party’s regulations are written, it says it supports “constitutional democracy”, which could mean it actually supports other systems than “constitutional monarchy”. 4/9

But his legal complaint contains even wilder allegations, including the claim that the party is working with the Iluminati, a secret global organisation trying to create a "new world order". Here's the page where you can find this accusation. 5/9

While it's true that a secret society called the Iluminati was set up by Adam Weishaupt, a professor at the University of Ingolstadt about 250 years ago, it's crazy nonsense to believe that this organisation still exists and has been secretly influencing global events. 6/9

It's a notorious conspiracy theory which no serious historian or sane educated person believes. Wikipedia has more details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World… 7/9

Accusations that the Future Forward Party is in league with the Illuminati have also been sprouting on social media, where conspiracy theorists have pointed out the similarity of the party logo to the Illuminati logo because they are both... triangular 8/9

It's ridiculous that the Constitutional Court has accepted such a crazy legal complaint.

If it rules against the Future Forward Party based on mad conspiracy theories, the Thai regime will become even more of an international joke

#AmazingThailand 9/9