Scenes inside the Royal Hotel, Ratchadamnoen Avenue, Bangkok. October 1992

The Royal Hotel was previously known as the Rattanakosin Hotel. It sits on the corner of Sanam Luang and the main section of Ratchadamnoen Avenue, with its austere 1930s architectural style. In 2006 one General Surayud was appointed as the new Prime Minister for Thailand …following the September coup. While serving in the armed forces in 1992 Surayud led a group of 16 soldiers into the Royal Hotel. At the time it was being used a field hospital to treat those injured in the pro democracy …