Hundreds of university students protested against the government in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, as anger grows towards the establishment.<br /><br />The college youngsters were joined by disaffected locals expressing their anger at the Thai military government which seized power with a coup in 2014 and held disputed elections in 2019.<br /><br />The anti-government groups gathered at Ang Keaw hall in Chiang Mai University where they made a three-fingered salute - the adopted sign of the movement - while chanting 'let the dictatorship die and the people win.'<br /><br />Protest leaders claim to be pushing for greater levels of democracy, which they hope will reduce corrpution and inequality.<br /><br />Thai pop signer 'Ammy' from The Bottom Blues lead the protesters to sing along and show the three-fingered sign while he was playing the Thai anthem with the guitar.<br /><br />A series of protests have taken place in recent months in which demonstrators - mainly university students and progressive groups - have called for greater levels of democracy and accountability in the country. <br /><br />Earlier this month thousands of protesters converged on the Democracy Monument in the capital Bangkok in the largest rally since 2014.<br /><br />Anger has been growing since March 2019 when controversial elections returned career soldier General Prayut Chan-o-cha to power and saw the progressive Future Forward Party disbanded amid claims that opposition parties were being silenced.<br /><br />A number of opposition leaders have been arrested in recent months though police so far shown restraint and have avoided any violent crackdowns on the gatherings.<br /><br />Protests by students and other anti-government groups have been growing but there has yet to be any significant body-blows the military government, which is widely supported in the country.<br /><br />Prime minister Chan-o-cha has suggested that the unrest is being stoked with the manipulation of social media by disaffected opponents looking to destabilise the country and return to power.
