First night of the Buddhist funeral chanting ceremony. Khun Ying Praneet Sin Watcharaphon. At Building 1, Thairath Newspaper office.
After Khun Ying Praneet Sin Watcharaphon, Chairperson of Watcharaphon Company Limited (Thairath Newspaper), Chairperson of the Thairath Foundation, and supreme leader of the Thairath media group, peacefully passed away on the morning of 13 Nov 2026, at the age of 95.
Earlier, at 09:05 on 15 Nov 2026, her body was moved from Vichaiyut Hospital to be enshrined for funeral rites on the first floor of Building 1 at Thairath Newspaper on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. The funeral procession was led by Phra Thep Watcharakitjaporn and Phra Maha Ritthichai Yanitthiko, assistant abbots of Wat Saket, amid the grief of her family, Thairath Group executives, and all Thairath employees mourning the great loss of their supreme leader.
At 17:00, the royal water-pouring bathing ceremony for Khun Ying Praneet Sin was held. His Majesty the King graciously bestowed the royal water for bathing, along with an octagonal urn decorated with a five-tiered umbrella, and the playing of traditional victory drums during the ceremony. The King took the matter under royal patronage and granted a seven-night Buddhist funeral chanting ceremony. Furthermore, Police Colonel Narut Sewatanon, Deputy Secretary of the Royal Household, was appointed as the royal representative to present the royal wreaths from His Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Queen, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya, and Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Mahawachirotamangkun Sirivibulyarajakumarn, which were placed before the octagonal urn.
Later, at 17:36, four monks from Wat Saket Rajavaravihara conducted the first night of Buddhist funeral chanting. Former Police Chief Somyot Sutthinan presided over the cloth-offering ceremony amid a solemn atmosphere of mourning and condolences from prominent figures in politics and society attending the ceremony in large numbers.
