Jailed lawyer-activist Arnon Nampa says he’s contracted COVID-19

Jailed protest leader Arnon Nampa has contracted COVID-19 behind bars, according to the lawyer’s Facebook page. 

The 36-year-old attorney said he was being taken to the Medical Correctional Hospital in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district as of Thursday morning. 

He is one of a number of pro-democracy movement leaders being held in pretrial detention on charges of insulting the king and sedition.

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