 During this period, Sondhi made several controversial comments on Muangthai Raisabdah, including the claim that a team of assassins was following him around, the claim that the Thai Rak Thai party was affiliated to the Chinese Communist Party, the claim that there was corruption in the Thai Air Force's purchase of Russian-made SU-30 MK jet fighters, and the claim (repeated from a 1997 government censor debate) that Thaksin profited from insider information during the 1997 devaluation of the Baht.The 9th episode on 19 November 2005, dealing with the royal prerogatives of the King and held at Lumphini Park, was particularly popular, with Manager newspaper reporting that 100,000 people in attendance.This episode formally introduced the slogan "Return power to the King."