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‘Pai’ bail request approved

Jatupat “Pai” Boonyapattaraksa while being detained at the Region 1 Border Police Bureau in Pathum Thani on Oct 13. (Photo courtesy of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights)

The Appeal Court has approved bail for northeastern activist Jatupat “Pai” Boonyapattaraksa in two cases for a surety of 70,000 baht each.

The order, read by the Criminal Court on Friday afternoon, allowed his temporary release in the so-called Khana Ratsadon Isan case where he, along with 19 other actitivists, was held by Samran Rat police on Oct 13 on Ratchdamnoen Avenue for trying to set up tents on the road ahead of a royal motorcade. The other actvisits had earlier been granted bail.

The court also agreed to free him temporarily pending trial for the charges Chana Songkhram police filed against him for his roles during the Sept…

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