Thai 'red shirt' leader ordered back to jail, cuts short comeback


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  • Thursday, 08 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Pro-government "red shirt" protest leader Jatuporn Prompan (C) greets his supporters during a rally in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, April 5, 2014. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Thursday ordered a longtime political activist back to prison over an old offense, his lawyer said, months after he resumed street protests and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Jatuporn Prompan, a former top leader of the populist "red shirt" movement was jailed for more than 11 months, after the Supreme Court ruled he was released too early after a 2017 conviction in a defamation case against former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

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