The Thai army has initiated a nationwide round up of what it is calling “war weapons”.<br /><br />These include explosives and grenade launchers, but not registered handguns. <br /><br />All such arms are to be handed in to designated points before June 10 in a junta-led campaign to clamp down on armed groups from each side of the political divide.<br /><br />Police said they had seized over 300 weapons by June 5. <br /><br />Meanwhile, in the Philippines, a small group of students gathered outside the Royal Thai embassy in Manila to protest the enforcement of martial law in Thailand.<br /><br />The Thai military announced it was imposing martial law on May 20 and seized control of the country days later.<br /><br />In Manila, Thai activists within the group covered their faces with masks.<br /><br />One masked student said:<br />“The military should listen to peoples’ criticism. It cannot rule us with bullets and tanks. Thailand will not find peace if the military control the country with guns like this.”<br /><br />Some of the protesters taped their mouths shut and raised their arms in a “Hunger Games”-style salute, to symbolise rebellion in the face of totalitarian rule.
