Black May

When

17 May 1992 – 20 May 1992

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

13.75° N, 100.52° E

Description

17–20 May 1992 popular protest in Bangkok against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon and the military crackdown that followed

Mass protest in Bangkok and mass killing by Thai army and police

Black May, also known as "Bloody May", was a series of mass protests and subsequent crackdowns by the Thai military and royal police in Bangkok in May 1992. A rally of over 200,000 people led by Chamlong Srimuang was held on 17 May, caused by the extending of the military regime of Suchinda Kraprayoon, the 1991 Thai coup d'état leader.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Bangkok (Thailand) demonstrieren 200.000 Menschen gegen die Regierung von Suchinda Kraprayoon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page