The last public appearance of anti-coup student Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, widely known as Pai Dao Din, was in 2017 when he was sentenced for lese majeste, added to his sentence for protesting against the then-draft constitution.
The Khon Kaen University law student was convicted on a lese majeste charge that landed him behind bars for two and a half years. His fellow pro-democracy advocates have not worked with him since, and any political activities and campaigns they have mounted came under close watch by the military.
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