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To date the question remains who is Rama VIII killer? To dig further in the ruling family own history, Chakri clan after all is not Siam. Thong Duang aliased Chakri or Rama I made himself king in 1782 after killed his old friend and father-in-law. Since then Thong Duang had wiped out all Sin bloodline.

General Sin actually was born and lived a Teochew. Before crowning himself king, Sin had allied himself with the quarreling Khmer noble families and rulers of warring Siam provinces to eradicate Ayudhya aristocracy once for all.

With the Burmese threat still prevalent, as King of factional Siam (1768-1782), Sin took opportunity to rally and incite Khmer 16 provinces to secede from Khmer empire. Presently the old provinces inhabitants still speak and live Khmer culture.
During his reign, Sin allowed Khmer nobles and governors who pledged loyalty to him to levy tax for own use and not to pay to the Cambodia government.

Other hand for the Khmers, who were loyal to Cambodia and refused to pay tribute the Sin collaborateurs, all would be arrested and buried alive up to the neck to be trampled to death by the elephants that dragged the logs to rake off the heads. King Sin was ruthless and cruel to Khmers.

In March 1782 General Thong Duang, while was busy waging war against and invading Cambodia, quickly returned to the Thonburi capital to side with the coup plotters. According to the Royal Siam Chronicles, General Thong Duang arbitrarily decided to put the deposed Sin, his childhood best friend and father-in-law, to death.

The Chronicles also stated that, while being taken to the execution site, King Sin asked for an audience with his friend Thong Duang but it was coldly turned down. King Sin was beheaded in front of Wichai Prasit fortress on Wednesday, 10 April 1782, and his body was buried at Wat Bang Yi Ruea Tai.

Opportunity allowed General Thong Duang then to seize control of Thonburi house and threaten the rivals with death of elephant trampling as he declared himself king together with establishing the House of Chakri.

While the Official Annamese Chronicles stating about the death of Sin that he was ordered by General Thong Duang to be put to death at Wat Chaeng through being sealed in velvet sack and was beaten to death with a scented sandalwood club.

Another view of the events is that General Thong Duang actually wanted to be King and had accused King Sin of being Chinese; however, this overlooks the fact that Thong Duang himself was Chinese origin as well as he himself being married to one of Sin’s daughters. However, prior to returning to Thonburi from Cambodia, Thong Duang had summoned Sin’s son, his brother-in-law, to be executed.

To date after assuming southern China ethnic Tai as its national identity, Siam reference has not only become distastefully but a reminder of change event that distorted Siam true historical identity forever. Also House of Chakri continues to hide its true identity and remain intrigue to the mass. And as for King Rama VIII killer true identity, only the present King, Rama IX, knows. King Bhumibol parents were Chinese and byproducts of the Chakri hereditary incest. His queen is also the byproduct of Chinese bloodline as well.

Henceforth, as far as the House of Chakri true identity it remains of the unspoken truth and lèse majesté offense, if any one dared to disclose it as not Siam to the public. So for the last 227 years, Bangkok ruling family and crony has never been a true Siam origin afterall.

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