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FILE PHOTO: Protest leader Panusaya "Rung" Sithijirawattanakul, who has spent eight weeks in detention on charges of insulting the country's king, shows a three-finger salut as she leaves after she was granted bail at the Central Women's Correctional Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Another leader from Thailand’s anti-government protest movement has been infected with the coronavirus after spending eight weeks in jail pending trial on charges of insulting the country’s powerful king.
Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, who was released on bail last week from pre-trial detention, said on her Twitter account on Wednesday that she was being treated in a hospital after testing positive for the virus following her release.