INSIGHT-'Like water eroding rocks': Thai protesters prepare for long fight
Reuters
12/24/2020
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Chayut Setboonsarng and Matthew Tostevin
BANGKOK, Dec 24 (Reuters) - As they paraded through a Bangkok shopping mall in crop tops to mock Thailand's king, protesters made an incongruous sight among the festive decorations.
They brought stares, smiles and some muted cheers, but the few dozen activists were far short of the tens of thousands who joined earlier anti-government protests that broke the taboo on criticising King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
After months of street demonstrations that have shaken Thailand's establishment, the best-known figures of a movement that drew tactics and inspiration from protests in Hong Kong told Reuters they are at a critical juncture.