Thai Activist Faces Arrest over Defying Draft

SHORTLY BEFORE the elections, Thai student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal came under fire for his resistance to the military draft at a time in which the draft has proved increasingly controversial as a campaign issue. Namely, Thai men are allowed to defer serving in the military until they are 27, following which they are either permanently exempted from the military or put into a lottery to...

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