ONCE KNOWN as a social activist, who focused on searching for missing persons, Sombat Boongamanong became a political actor after the 2006 military coup when he wore red to express his political opinion. He manages to draw public attention with his political gimmicks.

PRO-DEMOCRACY activist Sombat Boonngamanong yesterday submitted to the Election Commission (EC) documents regarding pre-registration of a new party he named as “Krian”, or “clean-cut” in English, while expressing his opposition to an “outsider” prime minister.“outsider” prime minister.