King’s ties to deep South remembered

King’s ties to deep South remembered
By SUPITCHA RATTANA

THE NATION

Dilok

Visits led to fluency in local dialect.

NARATHIWAT: -- HM KING Bhumibol Adulyadej had spent so much time working in the strife-torn southernmost region that he could speak the local dialect fluently. 

Dilok, or Abdullah Siriwallop, a Muslim who used to serve as an interpreter for the royals, said His Majesty travelled extensively in the deep South for more than three decades in the hope of reaching out to people and making their lives better. 

“He visited his people, rain or shine,” Dilok recounted with tears in his eyes. “Despite travel difficulties and dangers involved, he never backed off.” 

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