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No vaccine against virus of nation hatred, warns Army chief
NationalAug 05. 2020
General Apirat Kongsompong
By THE NATION
In an advice making in the 133rd anniversary of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy on Wednesday (August 5), Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong warned young cadets that people can recover from Covid-19, but not from “hatred of the nation”.
He was at the Nakhon Nayok-based academy with the prime minister and other top brass.
While checking cadets’ uniforms, the general reminded them that the Covid-19 virus was not as scary as the illness of criticising one’s own country and that there was no vaccine against it.
Apirat told the press later that children should be taught to love their motherland, so they don’t grow up to be nation haters.
Apirat’s comment came as student-led protesters organize daily flash mobs, demanding dissolving Parliament, stopping intimidating people and rewriting Constitution.
On Monday (August 3), anti-government protesters gathered at Democracy Monument in Bangkok for a demonstration titled “Harry Potter versus You-Know-Who or He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”.
This rally held by students from Kasetsart University and Mahanakorn University of Technology kicked off at 5pm and ran into night.
Dressed like characters from the JK Rowling-created series, the protesters said they chose the theme because Thailand’s political situation is similar to that of the Harry Potter tale in which the arch-villain, Lord Voldemort, and his followers silence those who oppose them.
Protesters warned that excessive royal power may undermine democracy in a constitutional monarchy, and called on the government to abandon or change relevant laws.
They also called for amendment of the lese-majeste law to bring it into line with democratic and human rights principles, including the right to free speech.
They urged the government listen to opposing views from students and other citizens, in order to solve the country’s problem via democratic means.
Student-led protests emerged on July 18 as the Covid-19 outbreak subsided, and have now spread nationwide with almost daily flash mobs.
Pro-democracy demonstrators are calling on the government to dissolve Parliament, stop intimidating activists and to rewrite the Constitution.
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