Student activists from Khon Kaen University have been accused of contempt of court for participating in a peaceful gathering to demand Pai Dao Din's release. On 17 March 2017, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that activists from the activist Dao Din group, based in Khon Kaen University, and New Generation Citizens (NGC), another political activist group in the region, received a court notice. The summons from the Director of the Administrative Office of Khon Kaen Provincial Court accuses them of contempt of court for gathering in front of the court on 10 February 2017 to demand the release of Jatuphat "Pai' Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM). The activists accused are: Juthamas Srihattapadungkit, Payu Boonsophon, and Chatmongkhon Chanchiawchan, three law students of Khon Kaen University who are members of the Dao Din group, and Narongrit Upachan, a political science student from the same university and a member of the NGC. The court has ordered the activists to appear in court to hear charges against them on 24 April 2017. On 20 March 2017, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights reported that Sirawit Serithiwat, aka. Ja New, a well-known anti-junta activist, Phanupong Srithananuwat, an activist from Dao Din group based in Khon Kaen University, and another law student who requested anonymity, received a court notice. The notice states that the three are accused of contempt of court for gathering in front of the court on 10 February 2017 to demand the release of Jatuphat "Pai' Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM). The court has ordered the activists to appear in court to hear charges against them on 24 April 2017.