A provincial court has handed six months suspended jail term to a prominent anti-junta activist while putting six other activists on one year probation. On 2 November 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen read the verdict for seven youth pro-democracy activists indicted with contempt of court for organising activities on 10 February 2017 in symbolic support of Jatuphat "Pai Dao Din' Boonpattararaksa that were designed to draw attention to issues in Thailand's justice system. The court sentenced Sirawit "Ja New' Serithiwat, a prominent anti-junta activist who is one of the seven, to six months imprisonment with 500 baht fine. However, the jail term was suspended for two years. The six other activists were ordered to wait for the penalty for two years and put on one year probation period in which they have to report themselves six times. The court also ordered them to do 24 hours of social service. Earlier in May, six of the seven activists delivered a petition against their charges to the court, arguing that their activities were nothing more than the exercise of the basic right to freedom of expression, and moreover reflected the views of many students and young people towards Thailand's justice system, adding that they did not cause any damage to property or endanger others. The court, however, dismissed the request.