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Mother who fought for justice. Payao Akahaad’s daughter,
Kamolkate, was a volunteer nurse killed by military fire while helping
wounded people at a monastery on May 19, 2010. This incident caused
her mother Ms. Phayao Akhaad, who worked as street vendor, indescribable
grief. Ms. Kamolkate was the only daughter of the family. She was a kind
person with a generous spirit who loved her nursing work and helping
others.
After her daughter died, Payao made every effort to get justice
by collaborating with the families who died in the same event. These
women were vendors who had never been interested in politics.
Ms. Phayao’s loss was also her social and political awakening. She became
interested in the political situation of the country, researching the situation
and moving forward to demand justice for her daughter. She submitted
petitions to relevant agencies including the Office of the Prime Minister
and the Attorney General’s Department of Special Investigation. Phayao
and the Akahaad family did not seek justice only for Ms. Kamolkate
but also for the other families who lost loved ones. Even though more
than 8 years have passed, the perpetrators have not been held accountable.
There hasn’t been so much as an apology for Kamolkate’s death.
In the case of the deaths of nine people, the public prosecutor
from the Office of the Prosecutor General of the South Bangkok Criminal
Division 4 filed a petition to the court for an autopsy investigation in
accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code on May 16, 2010, according
to the black number case C. 5/2555 red Case No. CH. 5/2557. In this
case, the Bangkok Southern Criminal Court conducted an inquiry.

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