Word: tinsulanonda
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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...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...
...apparently mounted by renegade military officers, took an unexpectedly violent turn. The rebellion was crushed within twelve hours, but it left five people dead and 60 injured. Worse, Thailand's image as an increasingly stable semidemocracy in Southeast Asia may have been tarnished. Said Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda, whose government withstood another military takeover attempt only four years ago: "I don't agree with this method of solving the country's problems...