AdvertisementThailand appeared a country divided today as royalists rallied to cheer on the King while pro-democracy protesters raised a Hunger Games three-finger salute at an ant-monarchy rally. Meanwhile, pro-democracy protesters rallied in the centre of the city, taking an opportunity to display their rejection of the country's power structure directly to the monarch. Some 20 groups called the rally at Bangkok's Democracy Monument under the name 'Mob Fest' as the latest in a series of protests calling for significant reforms in government. The three-finger salute was first used in Thailand in 2014 when then-general Prayut. He told the BBC: 'The three-finger salute has come to represent the values of freedom, liberty and fraternity in this country.

Source: Daily Mail November 14, 2020 15:33 UTC