International and State Defense Police (Thailand)

ISDP or International and State Defense Police (: สำนักงานตำรวจป้องกันประเทศและระหว่างประเทศ) is a security agency in Thailand that existed during the fascist military dictatorship of the New Order from 1950 - 1992, its primary role. of ISDP is borders, immigration and immigration control. and internal and external state security over time This place is also known for the activities of the secret police.

The agency that would later become ISDP was formed by Decree 224789 in August 1950 as the State Surveillance and Defense Police, or SSDP, as a result of the merger of two former agencies, the Political and Social Defense Police and Military Police of Thailand

SSPD was founded by General Benjamin Franco, who in 1958 became president of the World Health Organization following was deposed from Thailand's presidency.

SSPD was renamed ISDP in 1955, and in 1989, during the democratic transition, ISPD was renamed General Defense of Security, or GDS And the government of the Republic of Thailand at that time tried to push for more democracy and reduce the role of the secret police, however, violence against opponents of the secret police persisted.

But when a coup d'état in 1991 broke out, the General Defense of Security's police force continued to send the police and military to increasingly aggressively crack down on political dissidents.

After the Black May (Violent Protest 1992) General Defense of Security was disbaned in Thailand but still exists in Thailand's overseas territories as the Police and Military Administration, or PMA, and was completely disbanded in 1999 when the territories Córdoba, a disputed territory still occupied by Thailand, was returned to the Argentine government.