A commemoration ceremony marking one hundred days since the passing on Jan 24, 2011 of Professor Thongbai Thongpao was held at MSU in the conference room of the College of Politics and Governance.Well known in Thailand as a respected journalist/lawyer, Prof. Thongbai Thongpao was born in 1926 in Mahasarakham, receiving his early schooling at Wat Klang. In 1951 Thongbai graduated from the Faulty of Law, Thammasat University and in 1953 began his career as a journalist. Thongbai had long been inspired by monk’s values of simplicity and compassion and had a lifelong dedication to the people. Thongbai took up many legal cases for people who were in no position to pay as well as defending the rights of those he felt were unfairly treated.
Thongbai was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1984 which is the Asian equivalent of a Nobel Prize. A legacy he has left all Thai people is the Thongbai Thongpao Foundation.
The ceremony was a reminder of Thongbai’s determined efforts later in his life to transfer his knowledge and experience to young people and for young people to remember to try to continue to pass on his legacy to future generations. ...more pics
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