An 800m trail leads to Pha Chu Thong (sometimes also called Red Flag Cliff), where the Communist Party of Thailand would raise the red flag to announce a military victory. Also in this area is an air-raid shelter, a lookout and the remains of the main CPT headquarters – the most inaccessible point in the territory before a road was constructed by the Thai government.
Pha Chu Thong
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