Frenzy remains in a critical situation due to a stomach tumour, in accordance with Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. The attorneys requested the Department of Corrections to urgently transfer Ekachai to Thammasat University Hospital for remedy. The tumour, as revealed by exams, measures eleven centimetres in length and 8cm in width.
The 48 yr previous Thai activist was initially admitted to the Central Correctional Hospital on Friday, September eight, presenting signs of jaundice among others. Doctors conducting a series of tests discovered a substantial lump on the best facet of his abdomen. The Thai activist shares a ward with 30 different sufferers, predominantly aged prisoners recognized with a variety of diseases, together with pulmonary oedema.
Despite his situation, Ekachai was just lately moved from the hospital to the Criminal Court, where he is a defendant in an ongoing case related to a protest outdoors the United Nations building in Bangkok in 2018.
Ekachai advised his lawyers he wished to have the surgical procedure at Thammasat University Hospital because the prison hospital does not appear outfitted for the procedure.
Ekachai’s initial imprisonment came in April 2013, following his arrest in March 2011 for selling pirated copies of an Australian television documentary revolving across the Thai monarchy. He was discovered responsible underneath Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese-majeste legislation, and was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months.
Following his launch, Ekachai became a vocal critic of the army government spearheaded by General Prayut Chan-o-cha. His protests, notably in opposition to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon for his assortment of luxurious watches, led to bodily assaults by people opposing his views.
In June this yr, Ekachai was among the 5 people cleared of the fees of threatening the security of Her Majesty the Queen, a seldom-used part of the Criminal Code, in a 2020 incident involving a royal motorcade.
However, he was imprisoned again in July this yr, when the Supreme Court upheld his one-year sentence for violating the Computer Crime Act. Ekachai was convicted on for sharing express particulars of his sexual experiences whereas in prison on Facebook, Bangkok Post reported.
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