FILE PHOTO: Anon Nampa, one of the leaders of recent anti-government protests speaks during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Over two days of video calls earlier this month, about a dozen students from Thailand’s Kasetsart and Mahanakorn universities debated whether to break a taboo that could land them in jail: openly challenging the country’s powerful monarchy, according to two people on the calls.
Protesters on the streets and online have made a growing number of veiled references to King Maha Vajiralongkorn over the last few months as they push for greater democracy, but nobody had dared make a public call for changes at the palace.
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