<p align="JUSTIFY">On 8 April 2016, human rights defender Mr&nbsp;<strong>Supoj Kansong</strong>&nbsp;was seriously injured outside Khong Sai Pattana community, Chai Buri district, Surat Thani province as a result of gunshots fired by an unidentified man.</p>

<p>An unidentified gunman has shot an activist who is a key witness to the murder of a land rights activist in southern Thailand.</p> <p>Supot Kansong, 42, a villager of Khlong Sai Pattana Community in Chai Buri District of Surat Thani, was ambushed by an unidentified gunman at around 3 pm on Friday, 8 April 2016.</p> <p>Supot was injured in the right thigh, hip and leg, but survived. He is currently being treated at Chai Buri Hospital.</p> <p>He was shot as he was driving back to the village after the tires of his car burst because nails had been spread on the road leading to the village.</p>