▁attended ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁Su ank ular b ▁W itt ay al ai ▁School . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Medicine , ▁Chi ang ▁Mai ▁University , ▁he ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁students ' ▁movement ▁that ▁initi ated ▁the ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁popular ▁u pr ising ▁against ▁the ▁military ▁dict ator ship ▁of ▁Th an om ▁K itt ik ach orn . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Pra cha ▁Th am ▁(" D har ma ▁Party ") ▁a ▁left ist ▁students ' ▁party ▁at ▁Chi ang ▁Mai ▁University . ▁The ▁party ▁won ▁the ▁university ▁elections ▁and ▁he ▁became ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁student ▁council . ▁After ▁the ▁Th amm as at ▁University ▁mass acre ▁of ▁ 6 ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁illegal ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁of ▁Th ailand ▁and ▁hid ▁its ▁cam ps ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁commun ist - aff ili ated ▁student ▁magazine ▁Ath ip at ▁(" S over eign "). ▁ ▁With ▁his ▁father ' s ▁help ▁he ▁then ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁his ▁studies . ▁He ▁earned ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Arts ▁in ▁econom ics ▁at ▁the ▁State ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁at ▁Buff alo ▁and ▁a ▁Master ▁of ▁Arts ▁in ▁econom ics ▁from ▁The ▁American ▁University ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C .. ▁He ▁had ▁mostly ▁completed ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁Studies , ▁but ▁did