On 30 September 2006, a mere 11 days after the Democratic Reform Council, led by the King as the Head of State, executed a coup and seized power, the world first heard of Mr. Nuamthong Praiwan. 🚖 At the age of 60, he was a taxi driver and a former employee of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in the Bang Kruai District. On 30 September, he drove his taxi into a CNS tank near the Equestrian Statue area, as an act of protest against the military coup and