ApiwanWiriyachaiFuneral
12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Scented oils are poured over the body of Apiwan Wiriyachai during the first day of funeral rites for Apiwan at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. 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. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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- © 2014 Jack Kurtz
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- Red Shirts (all), Thailand (All)
