Bloodied by severe blows to the head, a 27-year-old anti-junta activist was rushed to Nawamin Hospital this morning after he was attacked in the middle of a Bangkok road in broad daylight – marking the second attack on him this month.
At around 11am, pro-democracy campaigner Sirawith “Ja New” Seritiwat was ambushed and severely beaten by four unidentified men after leaving his house in Bangkok’s Khan Na Yao district. Frustrated police say that Sirawith, who just became responsive this afternoon, will remain at the hospital while doctors run more brain scans and closely monitor his critical injuries.
“The doctors think his skull is fractured right now but they have to run more tests. His eye socket and nose are also broken,” Col. Shaiwit Poompote, deputy commander of metropolitan police division three, told Coconuts Bangkok over the phone this…
