Shortly afterwards, follow continued government successes, a number of the more senior members of the royal family, including Prince Darnrong, Prince Sawat and the king's personal secretary Prince Wibun Sawatiwong, crossed into the states to escape the likelihood of imprisonment. The king himself remained south, and entered into drawn-out negotiations with the government, which ultimately resulted in his return to the capital Prince Bowaradej, with a 10,000 reward being offered his fled to French Cambodia by aeroplane, leaving behind an unspecified number of casualties including his principal comma Sisi Songkhram While a few members the prince's group also escaped to Cambodia, hundreds of other individuals thought to be involved in the plot, including leading figures from the Nationalist Association, and the Siam Free Press group, were rounded up by the government. Within a period of less than three weeks of the commencement of the hostilities, the rebellion was effectively crushed by the government As a consequence, royal political power was finally brought to an end leaving the generation of "new men made up of Phibun, Pridi and their associates, in a powerful position to influence the future form and direction of Thai society.