March 1991 Thai Coup d'etat

The 1991 coup in Thailand (Thai: การรัฐประหารในประเทศไทย พ.ศ. 2534) took place on March 23, 1991 at 1:30 a.m. It was the violent coup d'etat in history of thailand when President of Thailand and Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, General Subin Khamya ordered soldiers to bring tanks to attack the Government House and important places. and seized radio and television stations until at 10:00 a.m. the coup was successful and established the Revolutionary Military Committee and ruled the country as a military dictatorship until 1992.

In addition, after the coup, the Thai junta launched a campaign called Genocide against Tunisians and Palestinians for sustainability but Tunisian President Zine Ben ali and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. It condemned the actions of the new Thai military junta as a human rights violation and the launch of the campaign was considered illegal and worsened Thailand's relationship with Tunisia.

Later, it was the most violent coup in history, during which the coup And killing more than 20,000 foreigners (including Israelis, Turkish, Tunisian and Dutch) carried out by the Internal Security Operations Command is the deadliest massacre in history or March 23 Massacre.

Background
After the government allowed elections under a multi-party democratic system in 1990, the result was the Nationalist Revolutionary Party of General Subin Khamya and received 100 million votes each This made the people even more angry that the results of the dirty elections were the worst And the protests took place on October 17, 1990, although the protests continued But the military cracked down the most bloody protests, with gunfire shooting up and killing people, and killing five-year-olds by soldiers, killing the most.

Until causing international pressure to hold the Thai government accountable for this incident, but the Thai government still refused because the killing of protesters was to maintain order.

plan a coup
The government of Gen. Subin Khamya called an urgent military meeting for a coup and the coup was scheduled for March 2, 1991, but the schedule was postponed to the early hours of March 23, 1991.

and General Subin Khamya, who returned from Yugoslavia and now threatens the army to carry out a coup on the morning of March 23, 1991 (the night of March 22, 1991) to maintain order.

- Day 1
On March 22, 1991 at 7:00 a.m., General Subin Khamya held an urgent military meeting for measures to expand martial law across the country due to concerns that the protests would recur and the need to use their power to disperse the demonstrations by the military.

On March 22, 1991 at 12:00 p.m., General Subin Khamya announced that the government would expand martial law across the country because people created unrest in the country.

On March 22, 1991 at 5:00 p.m., General Subin Khamya ordered the soldiers to prepare tanks in preparation for the declaration of martial law across the country And people came out to protest to overthrown the government, but The police relentlessly hit the protesters with batons and fired tear gas at the protesters In addition, tear gas was fired on various news agencies to prevent the news from being true In addition, the government has sent troops from the 1st Army Region to break up a brutally disperse rally that has resulted in many injuries and deaths.

On March 22, 1991 at 7:00 p.m., General Subin Khamya announced that now plan to expand martial law throughout the country which will bring peace to the nation.

On March 22, 1991, at 11:00 p.m., General Subin Khamya ordered the troops to take tanks to capture the Government House and other important sites.

- Day 2
On March 23, 1991 at 0:00 a.m., General Subin Khamya declared martial law across the country and dissolved the parliament and abolished the Constitution and banned LGBTQ+.

On March 23, 1991 at 1:00 a.m., General Subin Khamya ordered the troops to bring tanks to attack the Government House and important landmarks and ordered the soldiers to burn the Egyptian embassy and burned a portrait of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak.

On March 23, 1991, at 1:30 a.m., General Suchinda Kraprayoon as the army commander ordered the army to kill protesters and burn the Spanish embassy including the burning of the portrait of the Spanish King, Juan Carlos I

On March 23, 1991, at 2:00 a.m., General Subin Khamya announced the coup on radio and television by reading the Statement No. 1.

Statement No. 1

Here, the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters

Please note that today the country is under the administration of a military regime and its people are subject to maintain order.

and exercise caution or an attitude to avoid disturbance

I, as the commander-in-chief of the military and now the Revolutionary Administrative Council, is necessary when seizing power to rule the land.

and promises that democracy will return soon and elections within the next 1 year

Signed:

General Subin Khamya, Head of the Revolutionary Administrative Council

General Sundhara Kongsompong, Supreme Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces

General of the Army Suchinda Kraprayoon, Commander of Royal Thai Army

Major General Mohamed Ali Kittipong, Vice-Supreme Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces

General Sirawat Pimwong, Chief of Staff of Armed Forces

after coup
After the coup was successful, there were democratic reforms.