BANGKOK (AP) – A Thai activist who opposes the military’s role in politics has been assaulted and left unconscious in the second attack against him this month, as violence against pro-democracy advocates becomes more aggressive.
According to a lawyers’ group and the activist’s mother, Sirawith Seritiwat was attacked before noon Friday by four men who used baseball bats to hit him in the head and left him unconscious on a sidewalk.
According to their accounts, the attackers rode motorcycles that did not carry license plates and wore helmets as they attacked Sirawith.
Thailand’s military seized power in a 2014 coup and has since heavily cracked down on dissent while failing to investigate violence against critics.
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