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C. Lese-majeste is the crime of violating majesty, an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state. Lese-mageste cases have increased dramatically in recent years, and critics say it is being used the nation’s rulers to stifle free speech and dissent in the country.
B. The Thai military overthrew the democratically elected government in 2014, and the ruling junta put off new elections. Some observers said they believed the military wanted to be in control when the highly revered King Bhumibol died in October 2016. He has been succeeded by his son King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who has been active in the military.
D. The country has always been called Mueang Thai by its citizens. But before 1949, it was known by outsiders as the Kingdom of Siam.
A. Thailand’s monarchy maintained the country’s independence from the British Empire which ruled Burma and India to the west and the French who ruled what is now Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to the east. The kingdom served as a buffer to the colonial ambitions of the European competitors.