• 6 June 1946: King Ananda was found dead in his
palace bed from a gunshot wound.
• Pridi was blamed on this, but the case has never
been cleared.
• King Ananda’s younger brother was elevated to the
throne as King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
• 8 Nov. 1947: a coup d'état, with Phibun as the
figure head, plotted by the army which invaded the
Shan States in 1942, and was not supported by the
government ; …
Reason pointed: Pridi’s Seri Thai forces were about
to make Thailand a republic.(สาธาณรัฐ)