On a public holiday to celebrate their revered king’s 88th holiday, Thais who planned a visit to a newly-opened park featuring giant statues of seven previous monarchs would have been disappointed.
For Thailand's ruling junta declared without warning on Monday morning that the scandal-tainted complex was temporarily closed “for maintenance” barely two months after it opened.
The abrupt closure was announced as a group of anti-coup student activists headed to the site to highlight a deepening corruption controversy engulfing the junta’s prestige project.
Indeed, to ensure the students did not even make it to the roadblocks manned by soldiers outside the park, the train on which they were travelling was stopped and their carriages were then detached. Full story...
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For Thailand's ruling junta declared without warning on Monday morning that the scandal-tainted complex was temporarily closed “for maintenance” barely two months after it opened.
The abrupt closure was announced as a group of anti-coup student activists headed to the site to highlight a deepening corruption controversy engulfing the junta’s prestige project.
Indeed, to ensure the students did not even make it to the roadblocks manned by soldiers outside the park, the train on which they were travelling was stopped and their carriages were then detached. Full story...
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