The explanation for Mr Wong's detention played out like an international comedy, with Thai authorities the butt of the joke. At first the junta's representative said the decision to detain Mr Wong was solely taken by the Immigration Bureau. Everyone knew Mr Wong's destination was Bangkok. The student who invited Mr Wong to speak in Bangkok is Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, Mr Wong's doppelganger, a geeky-looking 20-year-old who wants to rattle the gate of the adults, often by provocative frankness. Among others, he has his kindred spirits in Mr Wong's Umbrella leadership and in the New Democracy Movement, a group of Thai university students who defy the military straitjacket.

Source: Bangkok Post October 07, 2016 21:00 UTC