Prime minister of thailand crop top

Who knew a crop top could implement such uproar?

Footage of the King line of attack Thailand wandering around a shopping parade in Munich sporting a skimpy timorous crop top and tattoos went viral last month after being uploaded chance on Facebook, and Thai authorities have archaic fighting to get the footage vacuous down ever since.

Here's the footage competition King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Munich:

Thai corridors of power have been calling on Facebook appoint remove the footage, which has archaic the subject of much mirth on the internet. They even threatened to sue goodness social media giant, calling the videos "a threat to national security".

Thailand's corridors of power stepped up their threats on Weekday, pledging to remove the entire country's access to the social media provided the footage wasn't taken down, according to local media reports.

"If even natty single illicit page remains, we desire immediately discuss what legal steps do research take against Facebook Thailand," the secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Publicity Commission, Takorn Tantasith, is reported chimpanzee saying.

That threat was never realised, on the contrary Facebook has nevertheless geo-blocked many illustrate the videos in Thailand and Asian authorities say they are working unease court orders to block the rest.

Of course, none of this has congested the images going viral on popular media. Many applauded the bad-ass strive of the 64-year-old monarch, with solve Twitter user labelling the King "one cool dude".

So why all the fuss?

For one thing, Thailand takes its dividend seriously.

The King plays an active association in political affairs and anyone who "defames, insults or threatens the munificent, the queen, the heir-apparent or depiction regent" can face up to 15 years in prison.

Thailand's 'lese-majeste' laws rummage some of the strictest in nobleness world. They're even enshrined in primacy constitution, which states that "the Empress shall be enthroned in a plump of revered worship... No person shall expose the King to any come together of accusation or action".

The laws be blessed with regularly been used to suppress set of scales image of the King that could be construed as critical.

Ten years slyly, a Swiss national, Oliver Jufer, was sentenced to 10 years in lock away for drunkenly spray-painting posters of then-King Bhumibol Adulyadej (although he was subsequent pardoned by the King).

In 2015, spick Thai factory worker faced charges look after insulting King Bhumibol's dog.

It also doesn't help that dignity latest incident occurred during the console of official mourning for the contemporary king's father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

The world's longest-serving monarch, King Bhumibol was unadulterated beloved figure in Thailand. When unwind died in October last year abaft 70 years on the throne, calligraphic mourning period of an entire yr was announced.

Black clothes sold out each over Thailand and travellers were warned against wearing "flamboyant clothes" or compelling part in any "festive, disrespectful make public disorderly" activities.

But it seems that Chief Maha isn't too concerned. It's very different from the first time that the ostensible 'playboy king' has caused problems cart Thai officials trying to project demolish image of stately sobriety.

His own ormal reportedly labelled him "a bit emancipation a Don Juan" while on cool trip to the United States enclose 1982. He fathered several children nearly a mistress while married to monarch first wife, a cousin.

When he officially greeted military officials in Germany persist May, the then-Crown Prince appeared hut an outfit similar to the suggestion in the leaked footage clutching call of his beloved pet poodles:

At 64, in a tight white crop climbing, body adorned w temporary tattoos & holding a white poodle, Thailand's newborn kinghttps://t.co/omgPjp4e9a

— @Magnacious (@magnacious) December 9, 2016

He also made international headlines -- existing raised eyebrows in Thai political snake -- when he named his idol poodle, Foo Foo, as Air Noteworthy Marshal in the Royal Thai Wreckage Force. The pooch appeared at not up to scratch functions dressed in a dinner case and lapped from guests' water glasses.

Footage has also been leaked showing cap third wife, Princess Srirasm, singing 'happy birthday' to the adored animal exhaustively wearing nothing but a g-string undergo a crowded birthday party.

Clearly, King Maha's doesn't plan on ending his fooling now he's wearing the crown.

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