Roy Paul Bottse (born 14 January 1951) is a Surinamese middle-distance runner.
In 1979, he claimed that the Dutch Colonel Hans Valk [nl] who was seconded to the Surinamese Army, asked him to prepare a coup d'état which Bottse refused.
In preparation for a counter-coup against the regime, Bottse was interviewed by CNN in French Guiana.
[4] The counter-coup failed, because the group was arrested in French Guiana, and returned to the Netherlands.
[5] Now a lawyer, Bottse was a candidate for Partido MAN in the 2016 Curaçao general election.