For 11 weeks, a rebel seeking independence for “political” prisoners went without food.
PUBLISHED: February 6, 2024, at 20:47
On Tuesday, the eleventh day of her poverty attack, social activist Netiporn” Bung” Sanesangkhom was transported from prison to the Correctional Hospital, according to her attorneys.
Netiporn was too poor to walk and had influenza and bladder symptoms, among other things, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights on their X bill. Since January 26, she has been a resident of the Central Women’s Correctional Institution.
Netiporn, a hard-core part of the Thalu Wang opposition party, has been turning down most medications and health care since the evening of January 27. She claimed that she was protesting in order to demand changes to the justice system and an end to citizens being imprisoned due to political variations.
She received a one-month jail term on January 26 for contempt of court in connection with an altercation with security personnel outside the Bangkok South Criminal Court on October 19, 2023. She and others had gone there to help another activist who had been given a prison sentence for lese-majeste.
Netiporn, who is also accused of being a lese-majeste under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, had her parole revoked on August 6, 2023, in response to an outcry she staged at the Ministry of Culture.
According to TLHR, the judge cited testimony accounts in which Netiporn painted Her Majesty the Queen’s flag. This went against the terms of the bail she was given after being found guilty earlier in accordance with Section 112, which stated that she could n’t commit the same crime again.
Since the start of the Free Youth demonstrations in July 2020, 1, 938 individuals have been charged with social participation and appearance, according to statistics from TLHR through December 31 of last year. At least 126 people have been charged with sedition under Area 116, and at least 262 are facing lese-majeste claims in Section 112. In December, the authorities heard nine circumstances under Section 116, all of which were dismissed.
According to TLHR, 26 people are currently incarcerated in connection with social circumstances that are still pending.