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- Village_Scouts abstract "Village Scouts (Thai: ลูกเสือชาวบ้าน, RTGS: Luksuea Chaoban) is the common name of a right-wing social movement and paramilitary militia of volunteers from the rural parts of Thailand. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and put under the control of the Thai Border Patrol Police.The Village Scouts were mustered from 1971 on, to fight the communist insurgency and the pro-democracy movement in Thailand as well as the progressive Farmers' Federation of Thailand. They were modelled on the "grass roots" defense organizations in South Vietnam. Their core were rich and independent farmers. The Village Scouts were organized in small cells, usually commanded by an urban right-wing politician. They were taught to oppose "radical elements" and to defend Thailand's symbolic trinity of Nation, Religion and Monarchy. Directly controlled by the Ministry of Interior and sponsored by rich royalists from the cities, the Village Scouts' supreme patron was King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The king and the royal family visited the Village Scouts units to bless their scarves and flags. The Village Scouts should act as "ears and eyes" of the government and report strangers entering their villages to local officials. A short time after the establishment of the Village Scouts, over five million Thais, or 10 percent of the population, had completed the organization's five-day training course. From 1971 to 1985, more than ten million adult Thais had gone through the initiation rite.The Village Scouts were also deployed to counter the protests of the pro-democracy and students movement. They were called via radio to occupy strategic points in all major towns during the protests against US bases in the country and against the return of ousted military dictators Thanom Kittikachorn and Praphas Charusathien. The probably best-known, and most impactful, mission of the Village Scouts was during the anti-leftist rally that led to the Thammasat University massacre on 6 October 1976, in which at least 46 people were killed and the subsequent coup d'état and return to military rule.By more and more appealing to urban, right-wing conservatives, the organization gradually moved away from its poor, rural base. The movement fizzled out during the 1980s. It re-emerged as an ultranationalist mass organization after the turn of the millennium against the backdrop of the Muslim separatist conflict in the three southernmost provinces.".
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- Village_Scouts subject Category:Anti-communism_in_Thailand.
- Village_Scouts subject Category:Far-right_politics.
- Village_Scouts subject Category:Militias_in_Asia.
- Village_Scouts subject Category:Nationalist_movements_in_Asia.
- Village_Scouts subject Category:Organizations_established_in_1971.
- Village_Scouts subject Category:Paramilitary_organizations.
- Village_Scouts subject Category:Vigilantes.
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- Village_Scouts comment "Village Scouts (Thai: ลูกเสือชาวบ้าน, RTGS: Luksuea Chaoban) is the common name of a right-wing social movement and paramilitary militia of volunteers from the rural parts of Thailand. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Interior and put under the control of the Thai Border Patrol Police.The Village Scouts were mustered from 1971 on, to fight the communist insurgency and the pro-democracy movement in Thailand as well as the progressive Farmers' Federation of Thailand.".
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