With tens of thousands of protesters cheering her on, 21-year-old Rung stepped on to a stage near Bangkok's ceremonial Grand Palace and did what most Thais would not dare to do. She spoke out against the country's monarchy.
With tens of thousands of protesters cheering her on, Panusaya Sithijirawattankul stepped on to a stage near Bangkok's ceremonial Grand Palace and confidently did what most Thais would not dare to do. She spoke out against the country's monarchy.
Several have already been arrested and released on bail for other protest-related charges under different legislation over the past two months, and Rung says her time will come."What I have to do is to plan what I will do before and after being arrested, so that this movement will keep going and not stop if I or other leaders are gone."The student-led, anti-monarchy protest movement has been building since July with several rallies per week.
The three-finger salute from The Hunger Games has also made its way into demonstrations as a symbol for democracy. "I told them I could not do that because it is the root cause of the problem and if we don't fix the monarchy, we can't fix other problems. I must mention it."Some older generations are supporting the students' cause, according to Kanokrat Lertchoosakul, a political science lecturer from Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.
"The point of our group is to protect the monarchy with knowledge and facts," Mr Dechgitvigrom told the Reuters news agency.
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