Two ailing young activists agreed to receive an intravenous care last night after over 20 days on a hunger strike.
After consulting with their lawyer and doctors, Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon and Orawan “Bam” Phuphong agreed to go on the IV at the Thammasat University Hospital due to their deteriorating health conditions. The duo, however, refused to consume solid food.
“The doctor told me that if we’re doing nothing, Tantawan and Orawan wouldn’t make it through the night,” said attorney Krisadang Nutcharat of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. “So the doctor, their parents, and I asked them to receive treatment.”
The two activists on Monday had hoped that the court would grant bail for eight protesters of the Thalu Gas group who had been charged for allegedly using ping-pong bombs, or fireworks, at a protest last year? in Bangkok’s Din Daeng…
