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Chamlong Srimuang
Thai activist and politician (born 1935)
Chamlong Srimuang (Thai: จำลอง ศรีเมือง; born 5 July 1935) is a Thai activist and former politician.
“If the police come to crack down, let them do it,” Chamlong Srimuang, a year-old protest leader and former army general, told cheering.
A former general, he was a leader of the "Young Turks" military clique, founded and led the Palang Dharma Party, served for six years as governor of Bangkok, led the anti-military uprising of May 1992, and is a prominent member of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group strongly opposed to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Chamlong had supported the military junta that overthrew Thaksin in a coup. A devout Buddhist and follower of the Santi Asoke sect, he is now celibate, a vegetarian, and claims to have no worldly possessions. Chamlong Srimuang received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the category of Government Service in 1992.[2]
Early life and education
Chamlong's father, a Chinese immigrant from Shantou, died when Chamlong was a baby.
His mother was of Chinese ancestry, but was born in Thaila