A still image from a video shows images of historian Somsak Jeamteerasakul and former diplomat Pavin Chachavalpongpun projected onto a giant screen at a Thammasat university during in demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand August 10, 2020. The banner reads "To your highest majesty with rice, BBQ pork and soup. Long live the king." REUTERS/Jiraporn Kuhakan
BANGKOK (Reuters) - At a university campus demonstration in Bangkok on Aug. 10, the images of two men were projected onto a giant screen against a shimmering golden background as protesters mockingly chanted “Long live the king.”
The images were not of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who holds a place of “revered worship” in the Thai constitution and whose image is omnipresent on city streets, schools and businesses, but of two exiles who have openly criticized the monarchy.
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