Petition over Jatuporn’s health rejected
RED-SHIRT LEADER Nattawut Saikua Thursday met with Corrections Department authorities regarding detained politician Jatuporn Promphan’s recent illness and called for him to be treated in a hospital outside the prison.
Officials at the Corrections Department, the Bangkok Remand Prison and the prison hospital assured Nattawut that Jatuporn had received proper treatment and was recovering well.
Nattawut said he accepted the department’s rules and acknowledged that it was unlikely that Jatuporn would be sent to an alternative hospital. However, the former minister said he wanted government and Corrections Department authorities to understand that Jatuporn was not a convict.
He also pledged to keep a close watch on his colleague’s condition.
Jatuporn, the president of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, was admitted to the Corrections Department’s hospital last Friday suffering from high fever and dysuria. He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection before recovering and being discharged from the hospital.