Ekachai Hongkangwan, a persistent activist, has stomach cancer and needs treatment outside of the prison hospital.
14 Sep 2023 at 21:54 PUBLISHED
Attorneys for political advocate Ekachai Hongkangwan, who is currently incarcerated, have petitioned the Department of Corrections to send him right away to Thammasat University Hospital for treatment of a belly tumor that they claim has put him in critical condition.
According to tests, the tumor measured 11 centimeters long and 8 cm large, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights on Wednesday.
Physicians performed a number of checks after Ekachai, 48, was admitted to the Central Correctional Hospital on September 8 with cirrhosis and other ailments. Later, they found a pile on his stomach’s appropriate area.
He is housed in a ward with 30 individual beds, the majority of which are occupied by elderly inmates with pulmonary edema and other illnesses. & nbsp,
But, on Wednesday, Ekachai was transferred from the clinic to the Criminal Court, where he is a suspect in an incident that started in Bangkok in 2018 and involved protests outside the United Nations tower. & nbsp,
Ekachai informed his attorneys that he preferred to undergo surgery at Thammasat University Hospital because the prison doctor didn’t seem prepared to carry out the procedure.
Ekachai was detained for selling pirated editions of an American television documentary about the Thai monarchy in March 2011, which led to his first catch. In April 2013, that resulted in a sentence under the Lese-majeste Law, Section 112 of the Criminal Code. He received a three decades and four month prison term.
After his discharge, he started to annoy Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s military administration, which kept a close eye on his opposition activities. He made fun of Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon for his set of pricey pieces and was later assaulted by opponents.
In an incident involving a royal motorcade & nbsp in 2020, he was one of five people found not guilty of endangering the safety of Her Majesty the Queen in June of this year.
When the Supreme Court upheld his one-year word for the Computer Crime Act offense of posting vivid accounts of his sexual life while incarcerated on Facebook in July of this year, he was imprisoned once more.