In Thailand, young people rebelled against being detained for blasphemy for injuring the royal family by core members of the anti-government protests, and resumed protests that had been refrained from spreading the new coronavirus.
The demonstrators are calling for the release of members and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, and are poised to call for even larger demonstrators in the future.
In Thailand, young people continued to protest against the government in search of the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut from the military and reform of the royal system, but refrained from protesting in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection again in December last year. Was there.
However, on the 9th, four core members of the demonstration were charged with blasphemy for slandering the royal family and strengthened their opposition to being detained, and on the 10th, a large-scale demonstration in the capital Bangkok for the first time in about two months. Was done.
The demonstrators swelled to the scale of thousands, occupying the central road and complaining, "Let's abolish blasphemy and realize royal reform," and demanded the release of four people and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut. It was.
The women who participated said, "I feel angry because my colleagues are detained by the unfair law of blasphemy," and men also said, "Lèse-majest is used to attack people who think differently and should be abolished. I was complaining.
The demonstrators moved to the police station at night and temporarily glared at the police, but reported the request to the police and withdrew.
Young people are poised to call for even larger demonstrations, increasing pressure on the Prayut administration.