<p>The incident was recorded by a security camera and posted on Facebook on Friday (August 21) with a message saying “the authorities are looking for Om Yim [the girl] for raising three fingers. Is that the reason why they came to threaten us?”.</p>

<p>On social media, people are debating the appropriateness of the action but the contents of the discussions between the officials and the parents were not known.</p>

<p>The girl was identified as a kindergarten student in Yasothon province. After she reportedly made the three-finger salute, other children followed her, expressing their support for her.</p>

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Netizens fume after officials 'meet' parents over kindergartener's 3-finger salute

A video of some officials allegedly visiting the parents of the kindergartner who raised the anti-government three-finger salute has generated criticism from Thai netizens.