However, all Thai dictionaries do not include it. We should already keep in mind that the newest Thai dictionary, published in gives an essentially juridical definition: an ang-yi is an unlawful organization anonymous with no mention of an ethnic group. That is exactly what says the Lao dictionary of the ministry of Education, which also includes ang-yi with different tones than the Thai word anonymous And concluded that ang-yi were created in Siam during the second reign However, the chronicles of Ayutthaya mention at least one big scale revolt by Chinese in , during the reign of King Borommakot About Chinese tried to take over the Royal Palace while the King was in his summer capital of Lopburi.
They failed but the palace was badly damaged and forty Chinese leaders were executed Anonymous ; Phonnarat ; Cushman In , about or Teochiu Chinese constituted a secret society in Chanthaburi to oppose a Hokkien Chinese group. Fighting broke several times but the province governor succeeded in seizing the leaders and sending them to jail. In , in Nakhon Chaisi, this time, in the west of Bangkok, three ang-yi , each strong of about one thousand members, made some difficulties with the local authorities.
The leaders were caught and sent to Bangkok, but their troops still robbed houses in the province. A large police operation was necessary to subdue them. Police forces were sent and many Chinese were put in jail. In , fight arose in Samut Sakhon province, South-west of Bangkok, between ang-yi and Siamese troops because of some trafficking in illegal opium. Phraya Mahathep, one of the official sent by Bangkok to restore order was killed.
More troops had to be sent. Illustration 1: Ang-yi Chinese having been defeated in Bangkok at the end of the 19 th century.
Source: Wanlayankun On April 8, in Chachoengsao province, members of an ang-yi robbed a sugar factory and killed one of the owners, also a Chinese. They resisted the local authorities, killed the governor and took over the inner city on April Two royal armies, one of them headed by famous general Chaophraya Bodindecha, and more than ten days were necessary to subdue the revolt.
