THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Red-shirt leader Nattawut released, but will be monitored

Red-shirt leader Nattawut released, but will be monitored

Red-shirt leader Nattawut Saikua was released from prison on Friday, but not before he was tagged with an electronic monitoring bracelet, which will track his every move.

Pro-democracy protest leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak welcomed the red-shirt leader posting a congratulatory message on Facebook as well as thanking Nattawut for taking care of him while he was in prison.

Nattawut was among five red-shirt leaders who were handed jail sentences by the Supreme Court on June 26 for bringing together more than 10 people, allegedly creating chaos in the city and fighting the authorities in 2007.

On July 22, 2007, leaders of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship led a march to late Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda’s Si Sao Thewes residence to pressure him to step down as chief royal adviser.

Nopparut Worachitwutthikul was sentenced to two years and eight months in jail, while Veerakarn Musikapong, Wiputhalaeng Pattanapoom, Weng Tochirakarn and Natthawut were each given four years and four months.

In 2010, Natthawut was detained after the military crackdown on demonstrators on May 19, and remained incarcerated for nine months before being bailed out.

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