When these students returned to Thailand, their chances of taking power were nil -- until four military officers, namely Col Phraya Phahol Phonphayuhasena (Poj Phaholyothin), Col Phraya Songsuradej (Thep Phantummasen), Col Phraya Ritti-akne (Sala Amasiri) and Lt Col Phra Prasart Wittayayuth (Wan Chuthin) joined the group. Before Mr Naris' article, Thirat Poonthuam made an attempt to gather the biographies of People's Party members though funeral books. Thirat, an office worker, wrote a book using information gathered from funeral books of the People's Party members. The article also highlighted the funeral books of People's Party members who were civil officials. In the final part, Mr Naris compiled a list of funeral books of the wives of these People's Party members.

Source: Bangkok Post June 23, 2017 23:26 UTC