Bangkok Plot

Dap Chhuon Plot
Bangkok Plot

Norodom Sihanouk in 1959
Date21 February 1959
Location
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Result Coup d'état unsuccessful
Belligerents
Cambodia Khmer Serei
Khmer Republic
Supported by:
Thailand Government
South Vietnamese Government
United States (allegedly)
Commanders and leaders
Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk Dap Chhuon Executed
Slat Peou Executed
Sam Sary (MIA)
CIA (allegedly)

The Bangkok Plot, also known as the Dap Chhuon Plot, was a late 1950s international conspiracy to topple Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. It was allegedly initiated by the right-wing politicians Sam Sary and Son Ngoc Thanh, the regional Cambodian warlord and governor Dap Chhuon, and the governments of Thailand and South Vietnam with possible involvement of US intelligence services. The Bangkok Plot and its politics still influence Cambodian politics.

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