Anti-junta activist Sirawith Seritiwat was so severely injured in an attack that he suffered a broken nose and cheekbone and will need an operation to fix his broken right eye socket, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights group said on Saturday.

Student activist Siriwit Seritiwat, known as “Ja New”, on Friday submitted a petition to National Legislative Assembly president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai asking for a no-confidence motion against the junta government.