On December 20, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that the Samut Sakhon Provincial Court rejected a petition regarding Siam Theerawut's disappearance. The court stated that Siam is not considered a missing person, citing evidence of an outstanding arrest warrant and suggesting he may be in hiding. Siam’s mother, Kanya Theerawut, responded emotionally, saying, “If my son still has an arrest warrant under Section 112, the state must locate him and inform me.”
Siam Theerawut, a political activist charged under Thailand’s Section 112 (lese majeste law), has been missing since 2019. His disappearance coincided with that of fellow activists Chucheep Chiwasut (known as Uncle Sanamluang) and Kritsana Thapthai (alias Comrade Youngblood). All three were prominent political refugees who fled Thailand following the 2014 coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
In May 2019, Siam’s family received reports that the three activists were detained by Vietnamese authorities and deported to Thailand. Since then, no further information about their fate or whereabouts has been disclosed.
The three activists were part of a group of nine political exiles who disappeared under suspicious circumstances between 2016 and 2020, raising concerns about enforced disappearances of political dissidents.