Family sets record right on Thanom, NATION

From: The Nation (Thailand) | Date: March 30, 1999 | Copyright information

The Nation (Thailand)
03-30-1999
THE long-held popular belief that former dictator Field Marshal Thanom
Kittikachorn ordered the bloody crack-down on pro-democracy protesters
on Oct 14, 1973, is a gross misunderstanding, his relatives told a press
conference yesterday.

Thanom's son, ACM Yuthapong Kittikachorn, denied the press conference
was the result of heavy lobbying by certain key government figures. He
also said that Thanom's decision last week to reject his appointment as
an honorary royal guard was of his own making.

Thanom's son-in-law, Suvit Yodmani, told the press conference that a
...

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