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Activist monk Netiwit fails to appear for compulsory conscription

Then-student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal holds a sign denouncing mandatory conscription as ‘obsolete and unnecessary’ at a conscription unit at Wat Rat Phothong in Samut Prakan, where he went to seek student deferment of his military service in 2017. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

Student activist-turned-monk Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has resisted mandatory conscription, saying he plans to leave the monkhood before the end of the month and fight for his right to reject military service.

On Sunday, the Facebook page of social critic Sulak Sivaraksa’s Facebook page displayed an image of a hand-written letter, also dated on Sunday, describing the decision of Phra Netiwit not to show up for compulsory conscription as his right…

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