Posted on 10/19/2020 6:21:36 AM PDT by Twotone
Wearing hard hats and dressed in black, thousands of people rallied in Bangkok on Sunday, using Hong Kong-inspired tactics to defy the authorities and demand that the prime minister resign and the power of the royal family be curbed.
The government is struggling to control an unprecedented student-led movement that began on university campuses and has since spread to streets across the country. Protesters have risked long jail sentences to breach the country’s ultimate taboo and call for reforms to the monarchy, demanding that the institution be answerable to the people. They also want wider democratic reforms including a new constitution.
In a game of cat and mouse with the police, who have already arrested dozens of activists on charges such as sedition, protest leaders told followers to wait on standby on Sunday, the fifth day of unrest. “Where shall we meet today hmmm?” a key protest group posted on Facebook, before later urging people to quickly gather at two of Bangkok’s busiest travel hubs, Victory Monument and Asok.
Last week the government announced a ban on gatherings of more than four people in the capital in an attempt to stop demonstrations. It has since stepped up legal threats, warning that people could face two years in prison if they post a selfie at a rally.
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Can’t imagine life under a King you may not criticize...
Imagine California ...
Where were you from early 2009 to early 2017?
Can’t imagine life under a King you may not criticize...
Thai Ping
Thailand is a conservative country. The students are social-media-mislead, leftist-professor-brainwashed communist tools. There's not enough other people's money to fund socialism, so they plan to skip that step.
A future problem for Thailand is Bangkok is massively building up but not out. The internet and CCP viruses have made that an outdated concept. Bangkok is building 800 foot condo towers, commuter train lines, even monorails, like mad. Commune living eventually leads to communist voting, gun confiscation, centralized data collection and planning, poverty, hunger, misery, the usual works.
Politely but firmly smack these stupid punks down.
“The students are social-media-mislead, leftist-professor-brainwashed communist tools.”
I was wondering if this was another ‘color’ revolution instigated by leftists in our State Department. It would be nice to believe that people are actually working for true individual freedom, but too often it is not the case.
“Risk long jail sentences “?
They risk the crocodile farm
Are they too young to understand , you don’t mess with Fahchai , or you just disappear . Without a trace. Burp....
I will bet you they are 99% Chinese Thai posers , NOT Siamese Thai Thai . There’s a difference , a big difference. Those who know what I say , know....
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