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29 december 2019
BREAKING—On December 31, King Vajiralongkorn's daughter Princess Sirivannavari wants to go see the view at Phang Nga Bay in Phuket, and then have lunch at Ko Panyi. 1/10
Because of this, the Thai authorities have banned all ships and boats
from the area while she is there. This includes fishing boats working in
the area, and also tourist boats. 2/10
For decades, traffic disruption caused by royal motorcades has caused problems for Bangkok residents. But under King Vajiralongkorn, things are even worse — river and sea traffic is now being regularly disrupted by the royals too. 3/10
Commerce and commuter traffic on the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok were paralysed for more than a dozen days over the last few months so that rehearsals for the Royal Barge Procession could be held. 4/10
The ceremony was delayed for two months from October to December, as a result of the king's problems in his personal life and his purge of former "noble consort" Sineenat "Koi" Wongvajirapakdi, which prolonged the disruption. 5/10
Then the king caused more chaos when he went to collect his new yacht at his new luxury private yacht, paid for with more than $7 million of taxpayers money, at Sattahip pier on December 13. 6/10
Two major highways were shut down, several Skytrain stations were closed
at evening rush hour, and hundreds of tourists were stranded on Koh
Larn because boats were forbidden to travel when he was in the area.
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