Army faces payout over death

Activist’s mother to receive nearly B2m

The Supreme Court has ordered the Royal Thai Army (RTA) to pay 2 million baht in compensation for the death of Lahu human rights activist Chaiyaphum Pasae, who was shot dead at a checkpoint in Chiang Mai province in 2017, the Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF) said on Thursday.

Writing on the CrCF’s fan page on Facebook, the court stated that the RTA took full responsibility for Chaiyaphum’s death and had to pay 120,000 baht for his funeral ceremony, a 50,000 baht lawyer’s fee, and another 1,952,400 baht to Chaiyaphum’s mother — or 2,072,400 baht in total.

The RTA was ordered to pay…