Plainclothes military intelligence officers surrounded the dissident officers, but made no arrests.

They may have been piloted by dissident officers, but that doesn't square with what we know about the coup so far.

It purportedly involves a number of high-ranking dissident officers who feel the government has been mismanaging the entire campaign against the rebellion in the north.

Hsiao had other contacts among the dissident officers, and the important thing was the destabilization of the That government.

There were reports of death threats against dissident military officers and anti-government university professors.

But the dissident officers are feeding a popular clamor for reform.

The dissident officers demand that armed forces personnel be judged in civilian courts, just like any other citizen.

The dissident officers apparently did not act alone.

MR-13 was founded in 1960 by a group of dissident officers.

The five army lieutenants took part in a December street demonstration by a newly formed organization of dissident officers.