Angry Thais are trying to honk down their government
Covid-19 failures prompt protests against the prime minister and the king
ON MOST WEEKENDS this August convoys of thousands of horn-tooting cars and motorcycles have descended on Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, and on provincial cities. These “car mob” rallies defy a ban on gatherings instituted by the country’s army-led government. The ban is supposedly aimed at controlling the pandemic. But the political dimension is unmistakable.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The beeping pandemic”
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