Surachai Danwattananusorn
Surachai Danwattananusorn | |
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สุรชัย ด่านวัฒนานุสรณ์ | |
Surachai Danwattananusorn in 2010 | |
| Born | 24 December 1942 Pak Phanang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand |
| Disappeared | 10 December 2018 (aged 75) Vientiane, Laos |
| Status | Missing for 6 years, 6 months and 9 days |
| Alma mater | Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (B.A.) |
| Political party | |
| Movement | Communist Party of Thailand |
| Spouse | Pranee Danwattananusorn |
Surachai Danwattananusorn (Thai: สุรชัย ด่านวัฒนานุสรณ์; born 24 December 1942, disappeared 10 December 2018), born Surachai Saedan (Thai: สุรชัย แซ่ด่าน), was a Thai political activist and former political prisoner. He disappeared in 2018 along with two of his aides who were later found to have been murdered. He is believed to have been killed as well.
Surachai was the last member of the Communist Party of Thailand to be pardoned. After his release he entered mainstream politics, becoming a committee member of the Thai Rak Thai Party and founding the Red Siam political movement.
He was known for his anti-monarchist views, which resulted in a past arrest under Thailand's lèse majesté laws.
Surachai had been in exile in neighbouring Laos since the Thai military coup of 2014. He disappeared in December 2018.