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At last, after getting on for three years, the Criminal Court acquitted five defendants of, using Thai PBS's words, "resorting to violence to block the motorcade of Her Majesty the Queen during an anti-government protest in 2020." The five defendants were Akechai Hongkangwarn, Bunkueanun Paothong, Suranath Paenprasert and two others. There was never a case…
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Thailand revolutionised its political and administrative systems in 1932, well before China, which did not start until 1949. The shared drive for this revolution was the economic hardship of the populace. Both Thailand and China were poor nations. Their economy stagnated and was under the control of the privileged groups, the elite rulers in the case of Thailand, and the bourgeois in China. People in the countryside were left with economic plight and suffering. Initially, Thailand had taken a leap toward reform by changing into a constitutional monarchy following a coup led by Khana Ratsadon (the People's Party), supported by young military personnel and Thai students who graduated overseas, to spur economic development and improve the economic well-being of the public.