Nakhon Ratchasima: In his final days as a “Red Shirt” rabble-rouser, Suporn “Rambo Isaan” Attawong urged farmers to take up martial arts in defence of Thai democracy as a coup loomed.
Now he is contesting national elections for a party aligned to the junta which seized power weeks later – a face-turn in a nation where pragmatism often trumps ideology and cash coaxes voter loyalty.
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