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EXCLUSIVE—Leaked documents about compulsory training last weekend for 1830 government employees, who were indoctrinated with propaganda about King Vajiralongkorn’s royal volunteer force. These government workers are then expected to teach their colleagues about the movement 1/6 
Participants in the event say the main lecturers were police Major General Torsak Sukvimol, head of the king’s Police Royal Guards 904 Division, and the actor Colonel Wanchana Sawatdee. 2/6
Participants were lectured about the importance of serving the monarchy, and were also shown a video of Prince Dipangkorn. The lecturers acknowledged that Vajiralongkorn and Dipangkorn live abroad in Germany, something that is not usually mentioned in public. 3/6
@KhaosodEnglish published details about the royal volunteer group last month: khaosodenglish.com/politics/2019/… 4/6
“The volunteer group...was created by the current monarch to perform a wide range of civic works, from cleaning the streets and canals to organizing events dedicated to the monarchy... 5/6
“Hundreds of thousands of people are reported to belong to the network – which some analysts compare to the rural-based Village Scouts during the Cold War.” 6/6
