A Thai fan repels a Thai member who is scheduled to debut in a Korean girl group, "Father supports Chun Doo-hwan in Thailand."

SITALA, a Thai national who is planning to debut as a member of a Korean girl group, has been criticized in Thailand.

The member SITALA was introduced on SNS as the girl group "H1KEY" debuted from GRANDLINE Entertainment on November 30th. Thai fans pointed out that SITALA's father is "yellow shirts" who act as an actor and film director in Thailand and actively support the military government.

"Yellow Shirts" refers mainly to those who support the royal family and collude with the military, while "red Shirts" refers to those who support former Prime Minister Thaksin Chinawatra and former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Large-scale anti-government demonstrations have intensified in Thailand since last year. Dissatisfaction exploded when the military administration, which was centralized in the 2014 coup d'etat, changed the constitution and forced the opposition to dissolve and accumulated dissatisfaction, but the spread of the COVID-19 virus infection made the economy suffer.

Thai fans showing anger and said in "yellow shirts" by SITALA's father, "Democratic leaders went to jail, but the daughter of a dictatorship defender lives happily in a democratic nation (= South Korea)."

For Koreans who are not familiar with the situation in Thailand, Thai fans explained that "SITALA's family supports" Thai Chun Doo-hwan "."

Thai fans are complaining against their debut by writing in a post on the SNS Official account of "H1KEY". In addition, SITALA's profile published on SNS mentions "Dad MY PAPA" as a role model, and it was decided to add oil to the fire.

One Thai fan said, "SITALA is not the only one who has dreams. My friends in prison now have a dream," and I shared photos of the pro-democracy protests in Thailand.