In this July 27, 2017 photo, Jatupat 'Pai Dao Din' Boonpattararaksa arrives at the 23th Military Circle Court in a separate case of violating the junta's orders on illegal assembly. (Post Today photo)Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Booyapatraksa has been sentenced to five years in jail, commuted by half because he confessed. The Khon Kaen Court passed the ruling on Tuesday afternoon after his lawyer revealed Mr Jatupat had decided to confess. Shortly after Mr Jatupat entered the courtroom, his lawyer came out to tell his parents that the ruling would be deliverd in the afternoon because Mr Jatupat had confessed before the examination of witnesses began. In mid-April 2017, Mr Jatupat was awarded the prestigious 2017 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, selected by the May 18 Memorial Foundation of South Korea.

Source: Bangkok Post August 15, 2017 08:15 UTC