BANGKOK, Jan 12 — Around 10,000 Thais joined a “run against dictatorship” today, shouting slogans and wielding three-finger salutes from the Hunger Games films in the largest show of political defiance since the 2014 coup. The runners massed before dawn in a Bangkok park for the event to take...
Runners flash three-finger salute as they attend a ‘Run Against Dictatorship’ event at a public park in Bangkok, Thailand, January 12, 2020. — Reuters pic
The run was led by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the charismatic billionaire leader of a stridently anti-military political party which is facing the threat of dissolution.“You can feel the anger of the people and their disappointment over the government,” Thanathorn told AFP before the run.Before the start, the runners shouted pro-democracy slogans and chanted “Get out, Prayut”.films as a symbol of freedom from authoritarian rule.
A smaller, rival “Walk to Support Uncle” rally took place in another park at the same time, drawing thousands of mainly elderly supporters of Prayut, whose nickname is “Uncle Tu”.
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