Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal
- January 5, 2024
- Librarian
Quick Facts
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal Biography
| Name | Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal |
| Birthday | Sep 10 |
| Birth Year | 1996 |
| Place Of Birth | Bangkok |
| Birth Country | Thailand |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal is one of the most popular and richest Librarian who was born on September 10, 1996 in Bangkok, Thailand. SCPH’s first publication was during Joshua Wong’s imprisonment. His conviction was overturned by the Hong Kong Court in October 2017. Time is on our Side: A Birthday Book for Joshua Wong’ was translated by Netiwit. It contained essays from Martin Luther King Jr. (Letter from Birmingham Jail), and Liu Xiaobo (“Tiananmen Square, The hunger strike declaration, 2 juin 1989”), as well as a translated interview of Joshua Wong. SCPH published the works of many activists, including Isaiah Berlin and Liu Xiaobo.
Netiwit and other student activists founded Education for Liberation of Siam in December 2013. Netiwit is the organization’s first secretary. The group’s purpose is to promote student activism and expose misconduct and questionable actions by Thai education system officials. The organization was founded in 2014 by Nattanan Warintarawet as secretary general. It protested against the Junta’s educational reforms.
In July 2016, Netiwit and a friend caused controversy by refusing to prostrate before the statue of King Rama V at an annual Chulalongkorn University event citing that King Rama V himself abolished the act. He received both praise and criticism from the act, notably the ire of General Prayut Chan-o-cha, leader of Thailand’s junta. Netiwit has also spoken out against hazing in a common Thai initiation tradition known as “rub nong” (Thai: รับน้อง ; RTGS: rap nong ; IPA: [ráp nɔ́ːŋ] ).
Netiwit has written many books on the Thai education he experienced in general and his school in particular; His well-known book is ‘A Bad Student In an Excellent Educational System’ concerning his struggle in high school. He also wrote the opinion on Thai politics, and on Chinese abusing human rights of Uighurs, Hong Kong and Tibetans. In 2018, he wrote a pamphlet called ‘I Can Love My Country Without Having to be Drafted’ explaining why he think the enforced conscription in Thailand is obsolete. Netiwit translated Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and Liu Xiaobo’s Second June Hunger Strike Declaration to raise funds for the twenty-first birthday of his friend Joshua Wong, who was in jail at the time. Netiwit has also worked with his friends to translate a selection of Isaiah Berlin’s essays into Thai and sent it to Deputy Police Commissioner Pol General Srivara Ransibrahmanakul which charged Netiwit with false PR. He also translated ‘On Tyranny’ by Timothy Snyder as well as work of Vaclav Havel, Thomas Paine, Noam Chomsky and Tony Judt. Netiwit stated his opinion against Chinese abusing human rights of minorities he launched his Thai translated book ‘I Have No Enemies’ the first collected essays of the late Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissidents, in which Joshua Wong and Perry Link wrote the forward, and translated work on Uighur devastating situation in China.
TERA (Thailand Education Revolution Alliance) was formed by Netiwit and other students in 2012. TERA was a student-led group that aimed to press education authorities to reform Thailand’s education system. TERA aims to reform the Thai education system by removing the rigid uniform codes, improving the quality of teachers, curriculum, decreasing rote-style education and increasing the number public schools. After appearing on a television show to discuss the organization and its cause, Netiwit was recognized by the public.
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Librarian |
| House | Living in own house. |
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal is one of the richest Librarian from Thailand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, was born in Bangkok, Thailand on 10 September 1996. He is the second of two children from a middle-class family that grew up in Samut Prakan Province.
Netiwit ‘Frank” Chotiphathraiphsaal (Thai entiwithy ochtiphathraiphsaal – born 10 September 1996) is a Thai student activist and librarian. He is also a publisher, author, conscientious objector, and publisher. TERA (Thailand Educational Revolution Alliance), and Education for Liberation of Siam are also founded by him. Both groups are working to reform Thailand’s education system.
In 2016, Netiwit personally invited activist Joshua Wong to speak at an event commemorating the 1976 Thammasat University massacre. Wong was detained for twelve hours upon entering Thailand but managed to speak to attendees via Skype after being deported. In May 2017, Netiwit was elected as Student Council President at Chulalongkorn University.
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On 10 February 2018, Netiwit joined as an observer in an anti-junta protest “Stop power Stop late election time up NCPO. start Democracy” in Mac Donald near Democracy Monument. Next week, he has been accused for violating the 2015 Public Assembly Act and disturbing peace in the country. The case is still not ruled by the court.
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Netiwit Ranked on the list of most popular Librarian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Thailand. Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.
Netiwit and seven other members of the student council walked out of an oath- giving ceremony requiring them to prostrate in front of a statue of King Rama VI in symbolic protest. As a result, one of the members was assaulted by a professor, Reungwit Bunjongrat, and the protesting members had their “behavioural scores” cut by the university as punishment. Subsequently, this led to the members, including Netiwit, being removed from their position on the student council. Netiwit has since received support from academics and activists internationally, including the Nobel Prize laureate Roald Hoffmann, the scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky, and the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. In January 2018, seven Nobel laureates sent a petition to Chulalongkorn University to appeal for Netiwit and his seven friends and to criticize the university.