Jatuporn Prompan
Jatuporn Prompan ( Thai : จตุ พร พรหมพันธุ์ , RTGS : Chatuphon Phromphan , pronunciation: [ ʨàtùpʰɔːn Prompan ], nickname Tu , ตู่ , pronunciation: [ TU ] * 5. October 1965 in the district of Ban Na San the Surat Thani province , southern Thailand ) is a Thai politician and activist. He is one of the leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, "Red Shirts"), its chairman since 2014, and a leading member of the Pheu-Thai party .
Life
Education and early political engagement
Jatuporn left his parents' house at the age of eight to live with his brother in Nakhon Si Thammarat . After the death of his father in 1977 he went to Bangkok. He lived there in the temple of Wat Bowonniwet , where his brother was a monk. He began training as a construction worker. For three years he worked as a volunteer teacher in a remote mountain region in Chiang Mai Province . He then studied political science at Ramkhamhaeng University and graduated with a bachelor's degree.
He began his political engagement by participating in the mass protests against the military-backed government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon in May 1992.
In 1996 he joined Palang Dharma and went to Thai Rak Thai (TRT) in 1998 . After the ban on TRT, he moved to Phak Palang Prachachon (PPP) in 2007 , for which he was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in Thailand in 2007 . After the PPP was banned, he joined the Pheu Thai Party (PTP).
"Red Shirts" Guide
During the riots in Bangkok in 2010, he was one of the leaders of the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship ( UDD for short , German: United National Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship ; popularly "red shirts"). When the army stormed the area occupied by the Bangkok riots in 2010 on May 19, Jatuporn called on protesters to surrender to avoid further casualties.
After the unrest, Jatuporn was accused , among others by Suthep Thaugsuban , of conspiracy to murder Khattiya Sawasdipol and imprisoned on suspicion of terrorism. Because of his imprisonment, although he was eighth on the PTP's list, he was not allowed to vote in the 2011 parliamentary elections in Thailand on July 3rd. After the House of Representatives met for the first time since the election, his MP status was nonetheless approved by the Electoral Commission of Thailand (ECT) and he was released on bail on August 2nd.
On April 18, 2011, he and 17 other UDD leaders were summoned by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to investigate allegations of libel , which in Thailand is severely punished by several years in prison.
On September 27, 2012, a criminal court sentenced him to six months probation and a payment of 50,000 baht for defaming former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva . The court only partially followed the indictment. According to the indictment brought by Abhisit on March 15, 2010, he was accused by Jatuporn in a public speech on February 15 of inciting soldiers to commit extrajudicial killings. The court found this defamatory and incited hatred against the prosecutor. The court did not want to convict another allegation that Abhisit had illegally evaded military service because it questioned the authenticity of the submitted documents regarding Abhisit's status as a reservist in the absence of important signatures.
On March 16, 2014, Jatuporn was appointed as the successor of Thida Thavornseth as chairman of the UDD.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monruedee Jansuttipan: Red Shirt Leader Jatuporn Prompan on Politics, Thaksin and Fears of Assassination. In: BK Magazine , December 22, 2011, accessed January 9, 2013.
- ↑ a b Angry protest against abandonment. In: ORF . Retrieved November 8, 2011 .
- ↑ 'Conspiracy' behind 'Seh Daeng death. In: Bangkok Post . June 23, 2011, accessed November 8, 2011 .
- ^ The Bangkok 19. In: Political Prisoners of Thailand. Retrieved March 2, 2012 .
- ^ Suspended jail for Jatuporn. In: Bangkok Post. September 28, 2012, accessed October 9, 2012 .
- ↑ Aekarach Sattaburuth: Red shirts welcome Jatuporn. Praise for new UDD head's fighting spirit. In: Bangkok Post , March 17, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jatuporn Prompan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Thai politician and activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ban Na San district |