Who said the Thai royal family has no voice?

Remember Sondhi Limthongkul? You know, the PAD leader who was shot in the head by someone "high up"? Then, when he threatened to "expose" the "lady" who organised it all, Thanpuying Viriya, the lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty the Queen, quickly denied that she was that "someone". This sounds like the plot of a low quality Brazillian soap.

Anyway, after the incident, this video from ThaiPresident turned up questioning the notion that the Thai royal family needs lese majeste law because, quote "they haven't got a voice". And as it turned out, that feeble notion is completely false, as was clearly demonstrated by the Sondhi case.

You see, soon after the Sondhi shooting incident, Sirikit's deputy private secretary casually announced that Thanpuying had not been appointed lady-in-waiting. What more proof do you need? It's so obvious a child could see it. The Thai royal family rewards those who "do well" (General Prem in now the Thai king's privy) and punishes those like Thanpuying who slip up in the course of their " royal duties".

Thank you ThaiPresident for demonstrating how the Thai king and his family most definitely have a political voice. A very big voice. They make their feelings known perfectly well. Lese majeste law is not there to protect the king, it's only there to control Thai people and foreigners. So cut the crap please Abhisit, it's the Thai army who needs this law, not the king.