"Siamese Revolution of 1932"

Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Promphan and lese majeste prisoner and anti-coup activist Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpatararaksa led pro-democracy activists in hosting a mini concert that raised funds for anti-junta activist “Ja New” at the October 14 1973 Memorial in Bangkok on Saturday.

Eight-six years ago this day, the Siamese Revolution of 1932 led by the People’s Party spurred the Kingdom’s historic transition from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy when King Rama VII agreed to a codified Constitution to end the bloodless coup.

THE MYSTERIOUS disappearance of a historically significant “memorial peg” marking the so-called Siamese Revolution of 1932 triggered an outcry yesterday even as authorities remained silent over who was responsible.