Bhumibol Adulyadej - "Father of the Nation"?

Brainwashing in Thailand begins at an early age. Children are taught to "worship" the Thai king as their own "father". Thailand's constitution states that Bhumibol Adulyadej must be held in "revered worship".

Infact, Bhumibol Adulyadej, is neither divine nor Thai. He is an American born citizen, the son a Chinese commoner, whose nick name was "Lek" and who inherited the Thai throne when his German born brother was assassinated in mysterious circumstances.

But try saying any of that in Thailand, where strict lese majeste laws protect "Lek" from criticism with prison sentences of up to 15 years, and see what happens to you. Good video from stoplesemajeste.

Radio interview with Harry Nicolaide's mother

This radio interview, in which the mother of Harry Nicolaides, Despina, spoke about her son's plight, was originally found in Youtube's stoplesemajeste channel. Listen as Harry's mother describes how she cried herself to sleep at night. It's radical stuff indeed! No wonder this channel was closed.

Perhaps someone realised that the divine Thai king's carefully crafted image as the "man of compassion" was beginning to take a serious knock. Thailand's over-reaction to any form of criticism of it's king begs some serious questions about the cult status of king Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Changes to lese majeste law?

Thailand's new Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, is not Thai. He was born in Newcastle, England. His first name means "privilege" in English, which is quite appropriate for an English toff who was educated at Oxford university.

Abhisit became Prime Minister by default as a result of the legal coup, which saw Thailand's legitimate leader being removed from office. So what do you imagine Abhisit said about lese majeste law? It's a good law, and it must stay.

Two months down the road, and with a campaign to abolish this law launched by Gile Ji Ungpakorn, Abhisit's tune has changed. Now he feels that changes are necessary, not "for foreigners" but "for fairness". That's right Mr privilege. Good video from stoplesemajeste.

Harry Nicolaides and Lese Majeste

This video appeared in StopLeseMajeste's Youtube account in September 2008, a few days after the Australian author Harry Nicolaides, was arrested in Thailand and jailed for lese majeste. I mention this date because in fact, Harry could have been arrested many months earlier.

The warrant for his arrest was issued (in secret) many months before, indeed, Harry Nicolaides travelled in and out of Thailand five times without Thai police acting on the warrant. Then, on August 31st, Harry was arrested at Bangkok airport to create a diversion from Thailand's political crisis.

After spending a total of five horrific months in a Thai prison for doing absolutely nothing, Harry is now back with his family. As for the Thai king and his sordid offspring, their reputation too is back where it belongs: in the gutters of Bangkok's nightclub filled streets.

Bhumibol Adulyadej owns Thailand

Throughout king Bhumibol's 60 year reign, poor Thai people had it drummed into them by their foreign educated, middle class PAD masters, that king Bhumibol was a humble man who squeezed the last drop of toothpaste out of the Colgate tube.

Then, Forbes Magazine showed up with a solar powered calculator, and all hell broke loose. You see, it turns out that Bhumibol Adulyadej is not only rich, he is extremely rich! Forbes recently named him "The richest monarch in the world".

So how much dosh does the king of Thailand really have? 35 Billion dollars!! Not bad for 60 years of brainwashing, right? Yep! King Bhumibol is the owner of Thailand in every sense. Thank you Forbes and thank you stoplesemajeste for this video.

No "compassion" for Da Torpedo?

Supporters of the Thai king, PAD people, argue that king Bhumibol does not support lese majeste law. To prove this point, they bang on about the Thai king's "compassion" in granting royal pardons to those convicted of lese majeste.

But whilst Harry Nicolaides and Oliver Jufer were eventually released, once their spirits had been broken, there remains the "thorny" issue of Thai activist Da Torpedo, who to this day remains in prison for lese majeste.

Perhaps Thailand's "compassionate" king thinks that people will simply "forget" about Da? Hmm, me thinks otherwise. Excellent video from stoplesemajeste.

King Bhumibol's Coups

In 2006, the Thai military staged a coup which pushed the democratically elected goverment, led by Thaksin Shinawatra, out of power. Soldiers, tanks, and gun barrels were draped with yellow ribbons (the Thai royal colour) to make it clear that the coup had the approval of the Thai king.

Soon afterwards, king Bhumibol Adulyadej, invited the coup leaders to tea and biscuits and ordered Thai people to obey the generals. I ask you, are these the actions of an "apolitical" king? No, of course not.

The king of Thailand has endorsed Thailand's 18 military coups and has meddled in Thai politics from the start of his reign. But to say so, means a prison sentence of 15 years under Thailand's draconian lese majeste law. Good video from stoplesemajeste.