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Mourning Suthin Taratin - Murdered Thai Protestor

20 images Created 27 Jan 2014

Suthin Taratin was a Thai opposition leader, one of the "core leaders" of the anti-government movement, a vocal opponent of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, current Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

On Sunday, Suthin was murdered by an unknown gunman, alleged to be a "Red Shirt" supporter of the government. Suthin was leading a group of protestors who were trying to block access to a polling station when a group of Red Shirts, who wanted the polling station to remain open, confronted the Suthin's group. Shots were fired Suthin was hit twice and died before reaching the hospital.

His bathing ceremony, the first step in Buddhist funeral rites, was held Monday afternoon at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara.

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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Mourners comfort Sarode Taratin, 77, left, and her husband, Likit Taratin, 80, the parents of Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Mourners comfort Sarode Taratin, 77, left, and her husband, Likit Taratin, 80, the parents of Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Funeral workers bring the body of Suthin Taratin, into the funeral parlor for the bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Anti-government activists react to seeing the body of Suthin Taratin, their leader, during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A security guard in the anti-government movement pulls a funeral shroud up over Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for Suthin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Mourners comfort each other at the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man in a wheelchair participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man participates in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays during over the body of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti-government activists and protestors chant political slogans during bathing rites for Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman pours water into the hand of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: LIKIT TARATIN, father of murdered anti-government protest leader Suthin Taratin, at the bathing rites for his son at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman and her daughter participate in the bathing rites for anti-government leader Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays during over the body of Suthin Taratin during the bathing rites for anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, former Prime Minister of Thailand and a leader of the anti-government movement washes the hand of his friend and colleague Suthin Taratin during bathing rites for murdered anti-government leader at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People wait in line to mourn during bathing rites for Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 JANUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People wait in line to mourn during bathing rites for Suthin Taratin at Wat Sommanat Rajavaravihara in Bangkok. In Thai tradition, after death a bathing ceremony takes place in which relatives and friends pour water over one hand of the deceased. Suthin was a core leader of the People's Democratic Force to Overthrow Thaksinism (Pefot), one of several organizations leading protests against the elected government of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. He was murdered Sunday, Jan. 28, while he was leading a rally to prevent voters from reaching a polling center in the Bang Na district of Bangkok.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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