BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai university students lampooned the military at a football game on Saturday (Feb 13) in a rare act of open defiance against the junta, which has strangled political expression since seizing power two years ago.
In a colourful parade around the Bangkok stadium where crowds gathered to watch a match between two of kingdom's top universities, students brought out elaborate hand-made floats and banners mourning prolonged military rule.
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