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Arnon questions prison’s nighttime Covid testing

Arnon questions prison’s nighttime Covid testing

Ratsadon co-leader admits fear for his life

Arrested anti-government protest leader Anon Numpa shows a three-finger salute as he arrives at the criminal court to face lese majeste charges in Bangkok on Monday. (Reuters photo)

The Corrections Department said on Tuesday afternoon that its officials at Bangkok Remand Prison had performed their duties properly after a Ratsadon co-leader found intimidating their attempts to test them for Covid-19 at night.

The explanations came after Arnon Nampa, a Ratsadon co-leader and human rights lawyer detained at the prison, wrote a petition to the Criminal Court, questioning the need to conduct the tests on new detainees, including those of the Ratsadon group, late at…

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