Families of 'disappeared' Thai activists plead for closure

Pro-democracy protesters wear T-shirts featuring a portrait of Somsak Jeamteerasakul, an exiled Thai academic and critic of the monarchy based in France during a rally in Bangkok. - AFP

BaANGKOK, Aug 28, 2020 (AFP): Relatives of missing Thai activists pleaded Thursday (Aug 27) for a long-stalled bill criminalising political disappearances to be made into law, as calls for accountability grow louder from a burgeoning youth-led pro-democracy movement.

Thailand has seen weeks of near-daily protests by students demanding an overhaul of the military-aligned government and reforms to the monarchy -- long a taboo subject in the kingdom.