Muangthai Raisabdah or Thailand Weekly was the Television program in Thailand. It broadcasted every friday on Channel 9 MCOT. The context of the show was to select the important news to analyse and critique. The show had a very high rating because it was one of the very few Television program that directly criticise the government. The show was host by Sondhi Limthongkul, the Media Mogul who own newspaper, radio stations and satellite teleivison network with co-host Sarocha Pornudomsak. Sondhi Limthongkul (Thai: สนธิ ลิ้มทองกุล) (Chinese: 林明達 Lin Ming Da) is a controversial Thai journalist and the owner of the Phujatkarn Daily (ผู้จัดการรายวัน), a local Thai newspaper. ...

[Muangthai Raisubdah at Channel 9 before it was terminated.

[Muangthai Raisubdah at Lumpini Auditorium.

On September 9, 2005 the show was terminated by MCOT management because of the sensitive content from the Letter Sondhi has read in the show. The letter was called "Lookkeh Long Tang" (The lost little sheep) which has a metaphor directly attacking Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and also imply that he has some conflict with King Bhumibol Adulyadej. MCOT stated that Sondhi is disrespecting the Royal Institutions. Sondhi rejected all the accusations, criticized MCOT as a tool of the government to suppress the media. On September 23, 2005, he took the show on the road. He oranized the shows in public space all over the country which eventually lead to the large-scale nation-wide campaign to demand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign from the premiership Lookkeh Long Tang or The lost little sheep(ลูกแกะหลงทาง) It is the Thai Letter that was post annonymously on manager. ... King Bhumibol Adulyadej, officially styled the Great (Thai: ; IPA: ; ) (born December 5, 1927), also known as King Rama IX, has been King of Thailand since June 9, 1946. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...