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Major general Kouprasith Abhay (Lao: ກຸປຣະສິທທິ໌ ອະພັຍ;
nicknamed 'Fat K'; 1926–1999?) was a
prominent military leader of the
Kingdom of Laos
during the...
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scarlet armbands displaced Kouprasith's troops wearing white ones.
Paksan fell to
Phoumi on 8 December. Thus
Kouprasith's counter-coup
within the counter-coup...
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office and home of his
hated rival,
General Kouprasith Abhay.
While Thao Ma was
unsuccessfully bombing Kouprasith,
loyal Royalist troops retook the airfield...
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Vientiane during his counter-coup. He was
aided in this by
Generals Kouprasith Abhay and Siho Lamphouthacoul.
Phoumi reclaimed the
Ministry of Defense...
- of Phoumi's troops. Some
residual anti-Kong Le
forces led by
Colonel Kouprasith Abhay emerged in the
power vacuum this left,
bidding for
control of the...
- the
flight line.
Kouprasith was
chosen as the
successor to power, with Siho his deputy. To
strengthen his hold on the country,
Kouprasith called in two battalions...
- them.
General Kouprasith Abhay, the
military region commander,
suppressed both coups.
After re-acquiring Bounleut's troops,
Kouprasith turned on the national...
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their own domains. In February,
Commanding General of
Military Region 5
Kouprasith Abhay mounted a coup
against the
group of
generals who had
attempted a...
- his
former ally Kong Le. A three-way
conflict ensued, and an
attempt by
Kouprasith Abhay to
seize power from Kong Le failed.
Following the
Battle of Vientiane...
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National Education and Fine Arts
Minister and was also the
father of
General Kouprasith Abhay (1932–2011) who
launched a right-wing coup d'état on 19
April 1964...
