Suicide of Khanakorn Pianchana

Kanakorn Pianchana (December 18, 1969 – March 7, 2020) was a Thai judge who made a suicide attempt in October 2019 in order to protest against interference in the justice system, and died in a second, fatal suicide attempt in March 2020, after being subject to investigations following his actions. At the time of his first suicide attempt, he was a senior judge in the Yala Provincial Court in south Thailand.
In October 2019 he shot himself in the chest in court after reading a short statement which was interpreted by local media as being a protest against standards in the Thai legal system, saying "[If] I cannot keep my oath of office, I'd rather die than live without honour." He survived the suicide attempt after hospital treatment. The Pheu Thai Party called for a government investigation to establish if there were irregularities at the court.