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Apiwan Wiriyachai's Cremation

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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  Thai police on duty at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Hundreds of police officer were deployed to the funeral. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup. There was a very large police presence at the cremation.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Women pray at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  A woman prays at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Apiwan Wiriyachai's coffin is carried to the crematorium during his cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  Attendants carry the presiding monk around the plaza on a sedan chair at Wat Bang Phai for Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: The Wiriyachai family stands in the rain in front of a mourner holding up a photo of Apiwan Wiriyachai during his cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A mourner has her picture taken with a smart phone at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A man mourning for Apiwan Wiriyachai holds up the now banned three finger saluter from the Hunger Games movies during Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. The military junta banned the salute after anti-coup activists adapted it to mean opposition to the junta. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  Apiwan Wiriyachai's portrait is carried into his cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: JATUPORN PROMPAN (center, white shirt), a prominent Red Shirt leader, sits with Red Shirt supporters at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A small part of the crowd at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Mourners carry Apiwan Wiriyachai's portrait during Apiwan's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  Representatives of the Palace carry in the flame used to light Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, former Prime Minister of Thailand, walks into Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  People cheer for former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, former Prime Minister of Thailand, (center) leads family and mourners into Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: RATCHANEE WIRIYACHAI, (left) widow of Apiwan Wiriyachaiat, and YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, former Prime Minister of Thailand, at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, former Prime Minister of Thailand, (center) lights the crematorium at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: RATCHANEE WIRIYACHAI, (left) widow of Apiwan Wiriyachaiat, and YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA, former Prime Minister of Thailand, at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  A woman watches Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Women cheer for ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup. The cremation Sunday had more political displays than previous funeral events but none of the politicians made any public statements.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2014 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  A Thai police officer walks through the crowd at Apiwan Wiriyachai's cremation at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader. He was member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament and served as Yingluck's Deputy Prime Minister. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. His cremation was the largest Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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