Twilight of the Dictator - The Nation, October
3, 2003
Today, younger members of the Kittikachorn family strive for
what they say is justice for their grandfather. They have grown
up learning a different version of the October 14 history in which
their grandfather was innocent and did not order the shooting
and violent crackdown on demonstrators.
The family's version is that Thanom, then prime minister and supreme
commander of the armed forces, didn't order the suppression but
gave orders "not to suppress" the protesters on that
day...
"The field marshal isn't the kind of person who can easily
destroy other people's life. He is a religious man," adds
Suvit. "My father's government was not that of a dictator,"
Songsuda continues. "Apart from the fact that he was from
the military and was not elected, he did not rule like a dictator.
And at home, he never acts like a dictator. He never forces us
to do anything."
Thanom: Twilight of the Dictator
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