Sondhi Limthongkul
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Sondhi Limthongkul is a Thai media mogul, conspiracy theorist, pro-Beijing anti-democracy reactionary activist, demagogue, and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). He was elected leader of the New Politics Party (NPP).
Sondhi Limthongkul
Sondhi in 2008
Muangthai Rai Sapda at Suan Lumphini
A protester wears a tank top with the anti-Thaksin slogan "We will fight for the King". Sondhi sold such T-shirts during public tapings of his television show.
Bhumibol Adulyadej
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Bhumibol Adulyadej, conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great, was the ninth king of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IX, from 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest of an independent Asian sovereign and the third longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history after Louis XIV and Elizabeth II.
Bhumibol (right) with his brother, King Ananda Mahidol in 1938
On 31 October 1956, the monk Bhumibalo visited the Government House to ask for alms. Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram is on the right.
Coronation portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej