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...body, and the King's former secretary, Chaliew Pathumros, who had been fired a month before the King's death. At 5 o'clock one morning last week, fortified with a final bottle of orange squash apiece, the three were led into the execution pavilion at Bangkwang Prison. Their hands were clasped together in the traditional Buddhist greeting and lashed to an upright pole. In each upraised hand, prison guards placed a ceremonial candle, joss sticks and a garland of small, pink Siamese orchids. Then a dark blue curtain was dropped behind each victim and the executioner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Orchids for the Secretary | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

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