Students 'being watched' as pro-democracy movement spreads to schools
Students at schools in different parts of the country wore white ribbons and raised the three-finger salute during the national anthem in the morning as a symbol of resistance against dictatorship.
The videos of the students were posted on Monday (August 17) and quickly went viral. They were retweeted on Twitter several times.
However, the students claimed that they were later monitored by groups of suspicious-looking people whose hair was short like that of soldiers.
Academic and online political activist Akkharaphon Thongpoon published information of Woranari Chaloem School’s students in Songkhla province where students were stripped of their white ribbons before entering the school while in the neighbouring school of Mahavajiravudh Changwat Songkhla School, the activity continued without interference.
PSU Wittayanusorn Suratthani School and Hatyaiwittayalai School are also facing similar monitoring and the students were reportedly supervised by the school’s administration.
Meanwhile, students of Si Kranuan Witthayakhom School in Khon Kaen province posted photos of police officers allegedly coming to watch over the situation and students in Benjamarachutit School in Ratchaburi province spotted a group of suspicious-looking people monitoring their activity.
