Commentary: Army chief General Apirat casts a long shadow over Thai election

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Army Chief General Apirat Kongsompong will play a critical role in determining Thailand’s outlook post elections, say Knoll’s Richard Dailly & Ned ...

He had to publicly dismiss a rumour that he was planning to stage a coup later in February 2019.General Apirat has continued to receive sporadic media attention throughout the build up to the election.

However, the song was most infamously sung by far-right paramilitaries and vigilantes on Oct 6, 1976 when they attacked and massacred Thammasat University students protesting the return from exile of General Thanom Kittikachorn. General Apirat subsequently filed a defamation suit against Seripisut and ordered 800 senior military officials to attend a highly-publicised oath swearing ceremony that vowed to only back a future government loyal to the royal family.

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