The Rak Thailand Party is a political party

Political party

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 in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. It was founded in 2011, by Chuwit Kamolvisit

Chuwit Kamolvisit

Chuwit Kamolvisit is a controversial Thai politician who was once the country's biggest massage parlor owner. After an arrest in 2003, he went public with his claims of having paid large bribes to hundreds of police officers. He then sold some of his massage parlors, formed his own political...

, a major massage parlor

Massage parlor

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 owner. In campaign for the 2011 general election, the party was noted for its anti-corruption and protest canvass, presenting leader Chuwit as the "Angry Man". Eventually and to Chuwit's own surprise, the party won 3.07 % of the party-list votes and can occupy four of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives. The party's MPs will sit on the opposition benches, together with their colleagues of the Democrats

Democrat Party (Thailand)

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