Khattiya Sawasdipol

Khattiya Sawasdipol ขัตติยะ สวัสดิผล
Nickname(s)	Se Daeng
Born	(1951-06-02)2 June 1951 Ratchaburi, Thailand
Died	13 May 2010(2010-05-13) (aged 58) Bangkok, Thailand
Allegiance	Thailand
Service/branch	Royal Thai Army Royal Thai Armed Forces
Years of service	1971-2010
Rank	General Admiral Air Chief Marshal
Commands	Internal Security Operations Command 30th Cavalry Squadron, Queen's Guard
Battles/wars	Cold War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Communist insurgency in Thailand Communist insurgency in Malaysia Vietnamese border raids in Thailand Operation Chong Bok (1987) Thai–Laotian Border War Southern Insurgency

Khattiya Sawasdipol (Thai: ขัตติยะ สวัสดิผล; RTGS: Khattiya Sawatdiphon; 2 June 1951 – 17 May 2010), alias Se Daeng (Thai: เสธ.แดง, 'red commander'), was a general in the Royal Thai Army, assigned to the Internal Security Operations Command, a political activist, and a book author.

Khattiya became known for his role in the 1970s campaign against communist insurgents in northeastern Thailand. After the 2006 coup d'état that toppled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, he joined the Red Shirt^[1] movement and led its most intransigent and militant wing. He was killed, apparently by a sniper, while giving an interview during the May 2010 unrest in Bangkok.^[2]