Forsaking food for a cause
SPECIAL REPORT: Hunger striker reflects on the painful path taken by his activist father
- Published: 14/02/2012 at 10:12 AM
- Newspaper section: News
Panitan Prueksakasemsuk, a student who started a 112-hour hunger strike on Saturday in sympathy for his jailed father, is wondering whether he will follow in his father's activist footsteps.
Panitan Prueksakasemsuk, son of lese majeste suspect Somyot, has his head shaved to protest against the court’s repeated rejections of his father’s bail requests. The move was part of his hunger strike at Bangkok’s Criminal Court which passed its second day yesterday. SURAPOL PROMSAKA NA SAKOLNAKORN
Even as he passed the second day of his hunger strike in protest at the court's refusal to grant his father bail on lese majeste charges, Panitan said he never thought he would find himself protesting as his father has done before him.
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About the author
- Writer: Achara Ashayagachat
- Position: Reporter
