anti-government protests and became one of the prominent speakers and faces of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), headed by former Democrat politician Suthep Thaugsuban. In an AFP report in mid-December 2013, Chitpas was quoted saying that many Thais lack a "true understanding of democracy ... especially in the rural areas." This provoked anger among government-supporting Red Shirts and inhabitants of the rural northeastern provinces, some of them starting to boycott Singha beer. Her home was attacked with Molotov cocktails. A week later, the Bhirombhakdi family prompted her to change her family name, in order to keep the Bhirombhakdi name and Boon Rawd Brewery out of the conflict. She chose to use her mother's maiden name, Kridakorn. The protests resulted in the May 2014 military coup, which Chitpas and other PDRC leaders celebrated with a party, wearing military-style outfits. After the coup, the PDRC transformed into the People's Democratic Reform Foundation (PDRF) with Chitpas serving as an assistant secretary. In 2015, Chitpas applied for a position at the 191 Police patrol and special operations division of the Royal Thai Police. This met with strong opposition from some police officers, recalling her role in the storming of the Bangkok police headquarters during the 2013–2014 protests and charges of sedition against her. She withdrew her application. In 2018 she applied for legal aid from a justice ministry fund for low-income earners to provide bail during her criminal procedure for sedition. Her request was denied as she did not submit the necessary documents to prove she qualified for the aid. Chitpas was chosen as the Democrat Party's deputy secretary in November 2018. In the 2019 parliamentary election, she ran as the Democrats' party-list candidate number 20. As the party won exactly 20 list seats, she was only just elected to the House of Representatives after an election rerun in Chiang Mai's 8th constituency. In her mandatory asset disclosure filing in the new 2019 parliament, Chitpas listed 664.7 million baht in assets. References External links Website of Chitpas Kridakorn The Successors: Chitpas Bhirombhakdi, Channel News Asia documentary, 2012 (available on YouTube; 23:26 min) 1985 births Chitpas Kridakorn Chitpas Kridakorn Chitpas Kridakorn Chitpas Kridakorn Living people Chitpas Kridakorn Alumni of King's College London Chitpas Kridakorn Chitpas Kridakorn Chitpas Kridakorn