Manager Online reported that on May 21 Post Today daily reported on its second page that Thanpuying Mom Rajawongse Busba Kitiyakara Sathanapong held a banquet among close friends as a moral support for Thanpuying Viraya Chavakul at JW Marriott Hotel on May 14.
Matichon also published a photo of the event on its page 4 on the same day.
After PAD leader Sondhi Limthongkul came out of the hospital and talked to the press, implicating masterminds behind the failed assassination attempt on April 17, Thanpuying Viraya Chavakul, who had publicly endorsed Thaksin Shinnawatra’s loyalty to the monarchy and had been a target of attack by Sondhi, denied to the press any knowledge of the incident. Later, Thanpuying Charungjit Teekara, deputy private secretary to Her Majesty the Queen, corrected a Bangkok Post report that Viriya was not appointed a lady-in-waiting and held no position in the Bureau of the Royal Household.
Readers of Manager Online fiercely condemn those present at the banquet.
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