Rally leaders on Bangkok’s Ratchadamoen Avenue on Thursday demanded the revocation of Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese majeste law, and an end to its use against protesters, who were demonstrating legally.
At a rally at the October 14 Memorial on Constitution Day, protest leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak said 25 people were being prosecuted under Section 112, even though authorities had earlier promised not to use it.
The use of Section 112 would result in endless political conflict, and demonstrators would gather wherever lese majeste charges were laid, he said.
Mr Parit…