Political activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom suffered cardiac arrest last Tuesday morning and was pronounced dead just before noon, according to a statement from Thailand’s Corrections Department.
The 28-year-old woman died in pre-trial detention, not long after coming off hunger strike. She was facing trial for “insulting” Thailand’s royal family.
Bung had two charges of lese majeste pending against her, both of them involving conducting polls in public spaces in 2022 asking people’s opinion about the royal family, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), a legal aid group.
