Another who follow Luang Jakr or the second who
die was - Pra Saeng-Sithikarn by malaria suffering,
too. Another one was Am Boonthai, a journalist name
"mae nam khong" was the third who ended
his life by "tong-maan" desease which
tortured him seriously at the begining of July.
The doctor who killed his own wife and being a prisoner
was sent to KOH TAO with captain Chawaengsak Songkram.
He cured Am Boonthai by open the hole on his stomach
but a few days later, his stomach swelling again.
At the time, there was no doctor -- Am used a nail
which was well polished - stabbed his own stomach
several times. Finally, he died from all the torture.
The fourth, who died from malaria after Am Boonthai
was corporal Sastra Kochakul. He was alone -- no
relatives or family to send anything to him. His
wife left him as soon as he was arrested. So Sethabutr
give help and subsidize to Sastra all the time in
all aspect -- from money to clothes, foods and medicine
"Thai noi" wrote in his book about political
prison camp that "our life and being base on
the thought of self depended since all we are in
the ocean. A table of emetin or quinin mean life
or dead. In this situation we should thanks to the
merciness of Luang Maha Sithi Voharn who pledged
his own drugs, money and foods to help Sastra in
surviving as much as it can be. His clothes was
send to wash and paid by So Sethabutr. Finally,
Sastra leaved us forever. So Sethabutr told us that
in the scarcing situation lack of medicine, lack
of foods -- to give a pill to dying friend could
be your own dead when all pills were used. Therefore
it was the matter of hard decision between humanity
and self-surviving.
All the political prisoners had to beware of health
and cured their own. The prosoner officials did
not pay any attention or the way to cure at all.
A pill of quinine. Attabrin or emetin mean life
of each. The lack of drug made each other find his
own way to survive. Some took the medicine little
by little -- not enough to cure at normal time or
relieve while they are on serious stage. Some keep
the pills until got in stage of danger -- which
meant the storage of pills were used in vain --
this was the case of "Pra Saeng Sithikarn"
at the time that Pra Saeng ended his life. There
were a large storage of attabine and quinin pills
under his pillow and bed.
In the case of So Sethabutr -- he took no medicine
in prevention but when suffering catched him seriously
he would take the pills as much as he could to end
the suffering stage. By this way, So Sethabutre
who seemed to small and thin survived from malaria
at KOH TAO. While the dreadful situation endangered
the political prisoners at KOH TAO. Prince Nimitmongkol
Navaratna and Dr. Choti Khumpant who will imprison
for life at Bang Kwang jail in case of rebel attempt
in 1938 Prince Nimitr Mongkol Navaratr the ex-soldier
who use to imprison for Bavondej case in the year
1933 and was out of penalty in 1937 the government
saw that, they were hardliner and stubborn who were
too dangerous to the government. Therefore the two
people were exiled to join the torture and dead
with political prisoner at KOH TAO.
In profile, Price Nimitrmongkol Navartr the ex-officer
who used to imprison for Bavondej case in the year
1933 -- was out of penalty in 1937. Later, Prince
Nimitrmongkol was re-arested, sued and then was
rejudged. This time he was imprison by the case
of trying to rebel in 1938 with Nin Talalux and
other 17 prisoners they were sent to dead at Bang
Kwang prison.
The first picture that Prince Nimitrmongkol Navaratna
and Dr. Choti Khumpant faced at KOH TAO scared him
so much since it was realy the picture of hell on
earth. Everybody were in the boney look. Their face
were faint, dry-eyes show all tired. Some sit and
cover with blanket some shivering some were screaming
while in brain damage stage some sleep in old thing
that messing all the bed. Some sit and stared at
nothing in no direction.
The arriving two sense the dreadful zone already
with the political prisoner in 1933 rebel. Later,
Prince Nimitrmongkol Navarat almost die from fever
in brain if there is no mercy from Prince Sithiporn
Krydakorn. He pledge his own last 2-3 tube of medicine
to save Prince Nimitrmongkol later, Luang-Jompollan
ex-police governer at Petchburi, who concern was
in dangerous stage. He cannot sleep but tortured
with the desease and scream out for his child and
wife until dead during one evening. A few day later,
Foent Puntanig was dead before getting in to the
sixth corp. The dead of six prisoners during period
of six week.
Discourage the remaining of political prisoners
at the end of dreadful situation, some leaved their
pride forgot all their dignity and honors discovered
the real nature of human life which must be selfish
and depend on their own. All their education can
not be re-educated. Some political prisoners pay
extream respect to many others just for priveleges
over other by being spy for the prison official
the search for the right some were real, some were
wrong -- just make an unagreement until all were
seperated into small group. Individual who did not
pay respect or sincerity to the official seems to
be the hardliner, stubborn who can not change and
finally were driven to work harder.
The ship-Chawaeng Sak Songkram which were supply
ship from Suratthani to KOH TAO can not come because
of lacking of fuel. The prison official used ship
"Chaiyo" which was the stream ship instead.
The political prisoner who assigned to get the wood
for fuel using in the ship were So Sethabutr, Prince
Taweewong Wachmahit and Paew Saeng-Song sung since
the major geography of KOH TAO were mountain --
their were large trees on the hill when they cut
the wood down, they had to drive it down the hill
until it reach the sea shore. After that they would
cut the wood in to pieces (65 cm. long) all these
prisoners were called "chang-group" |
