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ONLINE REPORTERS

Students hold campus flash rallies

Hundreds of students join the flash rally at Kasetsart University on Monday. (Twitter@TapVanutchaporn)

Pro-democracy students at more universities have turned to campus flash rallies to express their frustration at what they perceive as inequality and injustice.

The flash rallies came after the Constitutional Court dissolved the Future Forward Party over an "irregular" loan. The anti-establishment party won 6.3 million votes in the last election and was highly popular with young voters. Its banned leaders have vowed to continue their campaign outside Parliament. 

On Tuesday evening, activities were held by students at Mahidol University, Silpakorn University (Tha Phra), Chiang Mai University and Maejo University.

On Wednesday, students at Walailak University and Thammasat Lampang campus will follow suit.

Ramkhamhaeng University, Rangsit University and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang scheduled their activities on Thursday.

Each of these activities has its own colourful hashtag to facilitate online sharing.  

The string of activities followed Saturday’s event where 500 students and people joined a rally at Thammasat University.

At Chulalongkorn on Monday, students led by those from the Faculty of Arts, gathered on campus at 5pm. 

After some speeches, they lit 88 candles — the number of years Thailand has become a democratic country — and sang pro-democracy songs.

At Kasetsart University about the same time on Monday, a large group of students and people gathered to issue a statement. 

In it, they complained about the loss of freedom and about the injustice over the past five years, as well as the appointments by the junta of its cronies to key positions.

They also pledged to join students from other universities when the time was right.

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