Reuters
Parit Chiwarak, a jailed student leader of the Thai pro-democracy movement who has been on a weeks-long hunger strike, was sent to a hospital late Friday where he was being force fed through a tube, the corrections department said.
His mother, Sureerat Chiwarak, shaved her head in front of the Criminal Court building in Bangkok after judges again turned down her request that Parit, who is known as “Penguin,” be released on bail on humanitarian grounds. The court turned down a similar request on Thursday.
“Doctors and nurses were concerned that he could go into shock so they agreed that he should be admitted to a hospital outside prison to receive treatment from an expert doctor,” Thawatchai Chaiyawat, deputy director-general of the Department of Corrections, said in a Facebook post.
Hunger striking Thai activist taken to hospital
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30/04/2021 - 15:20 Parit Chiwarak, widely known by his nickname Penguin , has been held on remand since being charged in Feburary under Thailand s strict lese majeste laws Lillian SUWANRUMPHA AFP/File 2 min
Bangkok (AFP)
A prominent Thai pro-democracy activist was taken to hospital on Friday after more than a month on hunger strike while in detention on royal defamation charges.
Parit Chiwarak, widely known by his nickname Penguin , has been held on remand since being charged in February under Thailand s strict lese majeste laws.
Parit faces more than a dozen charges for his role in protests last year against the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, which called for changes to Thailand s once unassailable monarchy.