enlarge The suicide note of the taxi driver, Nuamthong Praiwal, says he sacrificed his life for democracy and to disprove the junta spokesman who once said nobody would die for ideology.
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Taxi driver in coup protest hangs himself "for democracy"
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The suicide note of the taxi driver, Nuamthong Praiwal, says he sacrificed his life for democracy and to disprove the junta spokesman who once said nobody would die for ideology.
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