Anti-gov’t protester hit by tear gas canister confirms he is blind in one eye

The anti-government protester who was hit by a tear gas canister in the eye last week has partially lost his sight.

Tanat “Nat” Thanakitamnuay was confirmed to have gone blind permanently in his right eye after he was shot with a tear gas canister by riot police during last Friday’s “Car Mob” rally, a demonstration that sees convoys of vehicles calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. He and his family vowed to sue the authorities and hold them accountable over the injury. 

Tanat, who is best known as a former royalist hardliner who has shifted side to join a pro-democracy movement, remained positive and said he would fight on in the movement. 

“My one eye is blind forever, but I’ve never seen anything this clearly in my entire life,” Nat wrote on Facebook last night. 

“There are still many lives out there that are…