Was it regicide? Thai court asks to reopen King Ananda murder case
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din
Bangkok: A Thai court is holding hearings on a petition seeking to reopen one of the most controversial cases in the country’s modern history, the death of King Ananda Mahidol, who was found shot to death in his bedroom in 1946, at the age of 20. .
King Ananda, also known as Rama VIII, reigned from 1935 to 1946 and was the uncle of the current Thai monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn (King Rama X) and elder brother of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
One of the last photographs of the late King Amanda, left, taken in Thailand in 1945. His brother and successor, Bhumibol Adulyadej, is on the right. King Bhumibol reigned until his death in 2016.Credit: AP
Ananda, who was found face up in a bed with a gunshot wound to the head on June 9, 1946, was murdered, according to official investigations and three court rulings that concluded in 1954.
Three palace officials were found guilty of being accessories to the king’s murder and were executed in 1955. All three men pleaded not guilty and no one else was tried.
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