The Lannese Communist Insurgence was a communist rebellion between 12 April 1966 and 20 September 1968 in the province of Tajong Star, led by the former Marxist Party of Lan Na chairman Ubol Chanpakdee and the Lannese People's Forces' commander Suntarankul Pornpipatpong. The rebellion was sparked by Lan Na's involvement in the Vietnam war. Chairman Chanpakdee saw a chance to create his own communist state on the island of Chaiyarat, from which he would stage an invasion of the whole Phillipine archipelago with a part of the Lannese army abroad. Due to a failed attack on a military base, the MPLA and the LPF did not get much further than Chanpakdee's home province, Tajong Star. After two years of fighting, with heavy losses on both sides, Ubol Chanpakdee surrendered to the Lan Na Armed Forc