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Benja Apan
เบนจา อะปัญ
Giving a speech on 3 September 2021 protest
Born	Benjamaporn Apan 1999 (age 24–25) Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Other names	Preaw
Occupations	Student activist
Years active	2020–present
Known for	2020–2021 Thai protests' co-leader

Benja Apan (Thai: เบนจา อะปัญ; RTGS: Bencha Apan; born 1999) is a Thai student and activist.^[1] She is one of the leaders of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD) group that agitated for revolutionary reforms to the monarchy on 10 August 2020. She became a prominent UFTD leader later in 2021. In the 2020–2021 Thai protests, she co-organized the German embassy in Bangkok protest in 2020 to pressure the King that resided in Germany, drawing more than 10,000 protesters. In August 2021, she led UFTD 'Car Mob' protest. She was arrested by Thong Lor police for lèse majesté following her reforms to the monarchy speech in front of Sino-Thai tower. She had been imprisoned await trial for 100 days in Central Women Correctional Institution from 7 October 2021 to 14 January 2022, and she was sentenced to 6 months in prison on contempt of court along the way.^[2]