Pre-empting lesé majesté?

PPT earlier reported on Democrat government-Army co-operation on a plan to spend 1 billion baht to weaken the pro-Thaksin red shirt movement and to promote loyalty to the monarchy.

In a report in the Nation (26 March 2009: “Red shirts plan long siege”), Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said “the special Bt1-billion budget for Internal Security Operations Command projects would be used to dilute anti-government protests. Suthep, who is in charge of security affairs, said that since the country was facing a serious political divide, the funds would be spent to boost loyalty to the monarch among the people and pre-empt lese majeste cases that could destabilise the country.”

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