 In 1927, Chinese communist Han Minghuang attempted to create a communist organization in Bangkok before being arrested.Ho Chi Minh visited north Thailand the following year, attempting to organize soviets in local Vietnamese communities.In the aftermath of the Siamese revolution of 1932, conservative Prime Minister Phraya Manopakorn accused his political opponent, Pridi Panomyong, of being a communist and shortly afterwards a law was passed criminalising communism.