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Defiant student activist returns to school, again

Banned teen with dyed hair demands right to an education

Fifteen-year-old Yok climbs the fence to enter Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School in Suan Luang district last Friday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

A 15-year-old activist on Monday morning walked into the school which has rejected her enrolment as “incomplete” and demanded her right to an education.

Thanalop “Yok” Phalancha, a grade 10 student (Mathayom 4) walked into Triam Udom Suksa Pattanakarn School in Bangkok without any opposition on Monday morning, as policewomen were deployed outside to ensure order.

She sported her trade mark dyed hair and casual clothing, in defiance of school regulations.

She insisted on her right to an education,…

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