BANGKOK, June 14 – The anti-government Thai Spring movement is organising the first “online political rally” to take place on a social media network, starting June 23, group leaders announced today.
In a news conference at Parliament, former deputy police chief Vasit Dejkunjorn said the “Thai Spring Forum” on Facebook will provide information and opinions on the government’s mismanagement during its two-year administration.
Pol Gen Vasit, also former chief of the Police Royal Court Security, was accompanied by Kaewsun Atibodhi and Kwansuang Atibodhi, staunch opponents of the government.
They jointly launched a website, Thai Spring, last month and expanded their activities to a new forum on Facebook where newly-updated information will be regularly uploaded from June 23 to July 28.
Thai Spring 2, an extended activist group, will be in charge of the “Thai Spring Forum” which will concentrate its activities in the cyber world without holding public rallies, said Pol Gen Vasit.
After Gen Vasit and his group left the news conference, Wattana Sengpairoh, Parliament Speaker spokesman, walked into the room and said the group inappropriately occupied the conference room for a non-parliamentary activity.
He said the news conference was unconstructive and meant to create conflicts in the country, adding that their request to use the room should be endorsed by a lawmaker.
