Suicide of Khanakorn Pianchana

He was a Vice Presiding Judge of the Yala Provincial Court at the time, a province that located in South Thailand insurgency region.

[6] On 4 October 2019, in the Yala province court in the area of South Thailand insurgency, the defendants were waiting for the verdict from judge Khanakorn, on murder and firearms charges.

[6] Khanakorn continued loudly speaking for almost an hour, reading a 25-page manifesto which was interpreted by local media as being a protest against standards in the Thai legal system.

"[6] Khanakorn turned back then recited a judicial oath and shot himself in the chest with a pistol, after he acquitted the defendants' charges due to lack of evidence.

He claimed that he had been questioned to disciplinary measure and had criminal charge brought on Firearms Act against him after he had expressed his concerns about the interference into certain rulings.

A mourner at Chiang Mai University holding a sign portraying Khanakorn's selfie and his quote reading “Bring back the judge his verdict. Bring back the citizens their justice.”