'Critical' state of emergency not justifiedA person takes a photo of a crowd of protesters at Ratchaprasong intersection on Thursday evening. The declaration of the 'critical' state of emergency fuelled the anger of many Bangkok residents. There's even less justification for declaring a "critical" state of emergency in Bangkok. But then an incident took place, which the government seized upon to justify its declaration of the "critical" state of emergency. But if the government expected the state of emergency declaration to scare away the protesters, events have now shown they were dead wrong.

Source: Bangkok Post October 16, 2020 23:15 UTC