The junta can read the stars and history and they must know this isn't going to end well. With Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon looking increasingly like a plump Chinese deity on the verge of losing his worshippers, the regime reacts with force, gagging tactics and plain old bullying. Last week, a respected scholar was charged using the computer crime act after questioning the price of a handbag carried by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's wife. Some reports said that the students have been told not to mock Gen Prawit's watch scandal. Dolls and effigies resembling the prime minister are also prohibited.

Source: Bangkok Post February 02, 2018 20:48 UTC