Thailand’s top government official said Friday that he would file for the expulsion of London-based human rights organization Amnesty International next week, citing the non-profit organization’s threat to the country. Amnesty International has been accused of supporting a pro-democracy movement, which called for reform of the monarchy in Thailand and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha. Seksakol Atthawong, a vice minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, claimed to have gathered 1.2 million signatures on a petition demanding for Amnesty International’s operating license to be canceled, without elaborating how the signatures were gathered. The petition will be brought to the National Security Council and the Interior Ministry for further action next week, he said. “This organization destroys the security of the country, it supports groups that want to topple the monarchy, it lacks impartiality and sided with an anti-government movement that is an anti-constitutional monarchy,” Seksakol told reporters. In response, …