“We have uncovered a plot by coup leaders, their civilian supporters and communist insurgents to take military and government officials hostage and force the President to step down and then install a transition government.”
“When your men in the field continue operating even [in] the worst kind of weather and terrain, then they are assured they are sticking to their mandate, to their true job of being military men.”
“We are not to be regarded as a potent political force to be used by politicians in the furtherance of their vested interests. As mandated, we must remain apolitical.”
“When you are in the military, you have to accept the fact you have rejected your right to say what you want to say, how you want to dress, where you want to be. At the word of the commander, they should rise early, climb mountains, endure bad weather, endure hard terrain and the bullet of the enemy ... I do that every now and then to my men in our training.”
“I am not accusing General Lim of having talked to the CPP Central Committee, but his actions would have benefited the long-term enemies of the state.”
