Surachai Danwattananusorn | |
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สุรชัย ด่านวัฒนานุสรณ์ | |
Born | Pak Phanang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | 24 December 1942
Disappeared | 10 December 2018 (aged 75) Vientiane, Laos |
Status | Missing for 5 years, 8 months and 29 days |
Alma mater | Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (B.A.) |
Political party | |
Movement | Communist Party of Thailand |
Surachai Danwattananusorn (Thai: สุรชัย ด่านวัฒนานุสรณ์; born 24 December 1942, disappeared 10 December 2018) is a Thai political activist and former political prisoner. He was the last communist to be pardoned in Thailand, and after his release he entered mainstream politics, becoming a committee member of the Thai Rak Thai Party and founding the Red Siam political movement. Surachai is known for his anti-monarchist views, which have resulted in a past arrest under Thailand's lèse majesté laws.
Surachai has been in exile in neighbouring Laos since the Thai military coup of 2014.[1] He disappeared after the murder of two other anti-monarchist activists in December 2018.[2]