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hard time f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g three meals to fill their stomachs. But some people can eat wellwithout even th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g about it. This is the <strong>in</strong>equality of society. The Thai Rak Thaigovernment had populist policies to solve the problem of poverty. He couldn’t doit and <strong>in</strong>stead envied the Thai Rak Thai. You see? Do you have dharma? It doesn’tmatter who belong to the rul<strong>in</strong>g class, if they say that they have dharma, but <strong>in</strong>their hearts they are cruel. No need to say. No country is as bad...[page 18]...as <strong>Thailand</strong>. As a political scientist, this is a system that still puzzles me. On TVthey tell us that accord<strong>in</strong>g to political theory, every country has its <strong>in</strong>visible hand.But no country has a hand like ours. Ours rema<strong>in</strong>. One f<strong>in</strong>e day those who takeorders from it will be pulled by the hair. One f<strong>in</strong>e day those soldiers will be peckedfor <strong>in</strong>terven<strong>in</strong>g because I don’t like this bastard. This bastard has snatched lovefrom me. The people’s fate is precarious.” This passage from the defendant’sspeech, referr<strong>in</strong>g to [“]someone with wr<strong>in</strong>kled old hands that messes around untilit is all messed up...[”] made the audience understand that the rul<strong>in</strong>g class is badand His Majesty the K<strong>in</strong>g has been beh<strong>in</strong>d those changes. A fifth part of thedefendant’s speech conta<strong>in</strong>ed the follow<strong>in</strong>g passage[:] “...One f<strong>in</strong>e day, uh-hu, onthis day, you will be ready aga<strong>in</strong> to believe anyth<strong>in</strong>g you are told, when somebodytells you that they are com<strong>in</strong>g to overthrow you. [And then] do it once more. Wehave a leader who is credulous. Once [he was told that] Thaks<strong>in</strong> is K<strong>in</strong>g Taks<strong>in</strong>reborn. He got so scared! [The say<strong>in</strong>g goes] t<strong>here</strong>’s a skeleton <strong>in</strong> the closet, right?They have their wounds. Go<strong>in</strong>g to Wat Chana Songkhram to make merit and payhomage to the momument of a pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>in</strong> the reign of Rama I because [you] knowthat the pr<strong>in</strong>ce jo<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> tak<strong>in</strong>g Taks<strong>in</strong> to hammer with a piece of sandal wood.”This passage from the defendant’s speech made the audience understand that itwas a reference to Her Majesty the Queen Sirikit because Her Majesty once visitedWat Chana Songkhram and performed the ceremony of circl<strong>in</strong>g the temple, and<strong>in</strong>vidiously implied that Her Majesty did so out of fear that Thaks<strong>in</strong> is K<strong>in</strong>g Taks<strong>in</strong>reborn. [page 19] The defendant has adduced the evidence that she is a <strong>Political</strong> Science Graduatefrom Ramkhamhaeng University and [holds] a Master’s [degree] <strong>in</strong> <strong>Political</strong>Science from Thammasat University. The defendant has made a liv<strong>in</strong>g as areporter s<strong>in</strong>ce 1988 until the arrest. The defendant first got <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> politicswhen the defendant went to Thammasat University to report on the newsfollow<strong>in</strong>g the coup on 19 September 2006. On that day, t<strong>here</strong> was talk about thecontroversial appo<strong>in</strong>tment of Lady Jaruvan as Auditor General. At that time, the142
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