Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, who is increasingly popular among young voters, is in trouble again over false information which appeared in his profile on the party's website - a violation which could see him banned from politics for 20 years.

The complaint was filed to the police Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), lodged by the NCPO's Judge Advocate General (legal) officer Col Burin Thongprapai.

It galvanised Thai social media. As of midnight Thursday, the hashtag #savethanathon was the top-trending item on Twitter, beating out the usual soap-opera trends.

 Also trending for a time was #fahrakpor (Fah Loves Dad), which also refers to Mr Thanathorn, and has already been popular in the past few weeks.

Mr Thanathorn on Wednesday apologised for the false information on his biography. He said it was the mistake of party staff responsible for updating the information on the party's website. The party had no intention to deceive.

According to information on Mr Thanathorn's profile on the party's website, he served as the president of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) for two consecutive terms between 2008 and 2012. But after netizens checked, he said he had never held the post.

The false profile information remained on the website for five months until it was noticed by netizens recently leading to heavy criticism from his political rivals.

Election Commission (EC) deputy secretary-general Sa­waeng Boonmee told the Bangkok Post that the EC's cyber search officials will check the Future Forward Party's website to retrieve any false information.

If false information is found and a complaint is lodged with the EC over the issue, the watchdog will then look into the motive for keeping the false information on the website for five months, Mr Sawaeng said, adding this could be deemed as an act of fraud and could violate Section 73(5) of the law on the election of MPs.

The section prohibits poll candidates from giving voters misleading information about poll candidates.

Violators are liable to a jail term of up to ten years and/or a fine of up to 200,000 baht, and they will have their rights to run in elections suspended for 20 years.