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Thai Protest Leader: 'Our Demands Are Supremely Clear'

Warangkana Chomchuen

   On Monday, the Thai parliament will open a special session called after
   protests swelling since August moved Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha
   to declare a weeklong state of emergency in the Bangkok area.

   Police say they are prepared to handle flare-ups during the session
   from protesters demanding Prayuth's resignation and reform of the
   monarchy. Prayuth has described the special session as a step toward
   finding a "middle-of-the-road path."

   Unlike past anti-government protests in Thailand that saw two political
   interests battling each other to assume power, the current movement is
   led by school and college students pushing for systemic changes. Their
   movement has evolved with a group of loosely aligned leaders who
   organize online.

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