Hunger-striking Thai activist dies in detention after cardiac arrest

A Thai political activist has died from cardiac arrest after more than 15 weeks of a hunger strike. Twenty-eight-year-old Netiporn Sanesangkhom had been prosecuted under the lese majeste law. This is the first death of an activist since massive youth-led protests demanding political reforms broke out in 2020. CNA’s Saksith Saiyasombut reports from Bangkok.