Khaki Mission Creep: The Army, the Princess, and the Border Wall Nobody Asked For
Khaki Mission Creep: The Army, the Princess, and the Border Wall Nobody Asked For The Thai-Cambodian border is being fortified—but not by parliamentary mandate, not by civilian request, and not even by the original royal instruction. What began as a Royal call for citizen emergency bunkers has morphed into a full-blown wall project, steered by the First Army Region under the banner of royal duty. The mission has crept. The oversight has vanished. From Bunkers to Border Wall: A Manufactured Mandate On Tuesday, the Bangkok Post reports, Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Krom Phra Srisavangavadhana granted an audience to army chief Gen Pana Klaoplodthuk. The army reported on safety projects under the Hataitip Fund , a royal initiative housed within her Chulabhorn Foundation. The princess expressed concern for soldiers and civilians in border zones and requested the acceleration of defensive bunkers and emergency shelters . Nowhere in that request was a border wall mentio...