The Ubon Ratchathani Court has denied bail for Sineenat Chompusapet, a 29yearold garbage collector who joined the May 19 cityhallburning riot, was shot in the leg, and was jailed for obstructing officers' work, breaking into a state office and causing property damage, a local official said yesterday.
As her husband Somboon Simma, 30, fled to avoid arrest, Sineenat's three children aged six to 10 were left with her 82yearold grandmother, whose sole income was the government's Bt500 monthly allowance.
Thavee Poungsuk, chief of Sawang Wirawong district's Tambon Kaengdom Administrative Organisation, said the agency had initially helped her family with food supplies and also had donated Bt50,000 on Monday so the family could pay for Sineenat's bail application, but the bail was denied. About Bt45,000 in donations was also raised to help the family, he said.
Ubon Ratchathani Police have applied for arrest warrants for 41 demonstrators for obstructing officers' work, intruding on a state office and causing property damage. Six have been arrested, while the rest remain at large. The punishment for the three charges is a 15year jail term.