‘A political campaign is not a crime’: Stories of Three Victims of the Referendum Act
On the morning of 10 July 2016, activists Pakorn ‘Man’ Areekul, Anucha ‘Champ’ Rungmorakot, and Anan ‘Boy’ Loked, travelled to the Ban Pong police station in Ratchaburi province to support 18 Red Shirts who had been summoned by the police for opening a referendum fraud monitoring centre. Like many others before them and many after, the red shirts were accused of violating Order of the Head of NCPO No.3/2015, an order of the head of the junta which outlaw political gathering.
