The symbol of “Restart Thailand”, a new movement launched on Sunday by Free Youth. (Photo from Free Youth Facebook page)
Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has reacted cautiously to Free Youth’s launch of a new movement, which uses what looks like the hammer and sickle associated with Communism as its symbol.
The prime minister said he would ask his legal team to determine whether the RT campaign, short for “Restart Thailand” according to Free Youth, has an illegal agenda.
The government must suppress and stop the movement from going to “that point” by taking into account the intent of the organisers and all possibilities, he said.
He added that anyone who acts in a seditious manner would be prosecuted to the full extent of existing laws.
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