Word: kriangsak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Escorted by a police car, a silver-gray Mercedes carrying General Kriangsak Chomanan passed through the ornate gates of the Armed Forces Supreme Command headquarters in downtown Bangkok last week. Out of habit, the guard on duty saluted. But it was not an occasion to honor the retired general and former Prime Minister, for Kriangsak, 67, was arrested and charged with attempting to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda on Sept...
...rumors of a post-coup Cabinet shake-up persisted, the Prime Minister began the difficult task of settling accounts. Security forces rounded up four retired generals, including Kriangsak and Serm Na Nakorn, former Armed Forces Supreme Commander, along with 15 other officers and seven labor leaders. They also reportedly put out a warrant for the arrest of a tank commander said to be responsible for the deaths of NBC Cameraman Neil Davis and his sound technician William Latch during the coup. Another seven soldiers and cashiered Colonel Manoon Roopkachorn, who is believed to have masterminded the aborted rebellion, are still...
Even so, a 35% leap in petroleum prices eroded his popularity, and, as inflation soared and public discontent grew, Kriangsak stepped aside in March 1980 in favor of army Commander in Chief and Minister of Defense General Prem Tinsulanond. Prem soon had his own problems, especially after a leading group in his ruling coalition walked out of the government in February...
...June, when Parliament passed a bill permitting any political group with 15 members to register as a bona fide party, Kriangsak saw a ready-made coalition consisting of old allies belonging to other parties. With brisk efficiency he assembled a group of business supporters who poured more than $1 million into his election campaign...
...Kriangsak enters Parliament with a powerful political base. He appointed 150 of the Senate's 225 members while Premier, and he hopes to attract enough support in the lower house to make his National Democrat Party the leader of the opposition. If that happens, Prem's regime will confront a formidable foe. But Kriangsak coyly denies any plan to topple the government. Says he: "I'm nobody's enemy...