Netiporn’s death still unexplained

In our short post on Prachtai’s person of the year, it was stated that an inquest hearing into the death of detained activist Netiporn Sanesangkhom would be held at the Thanyaburi Provincial Court on 13 January 2025.

Prachatai reports that when that court convened, it postponed the inquest “after two witnesses were unable to attend and the victim’s family lawyers sought a postponement to examine and obtain additional evidence.” The witnesses were a “doctor from the Corrections Hospital who allegedly treated Netiporn during resuscitation, and a doctor who examined her at Thammasat University Hospital…”.

Clipped from Prachatai

At the same hearing, “lawyers representing Netiporn’s family … filed a request for postponement so they can review the evidence submitted by the public prosecutor, stating that the file was not submitted ahead of the hearing and they did not have time to look over them.”

Those lawyers “also asked the Court to issue a warrant for the CCTV footage from the Corrections Hospital from 3.00 – 9.00 of 14 May 2024, when Netiporn reportedly went into cardiac arrest, CCTV footage from Thammasat University Hospital from when Netiporn arrived in an ambulance, and the results of her postmortem brain and lung CT scans.” We have lost track of how many requests have been made for this footage.

The Court postponed the hearing to 3 March.