Hongkongers Stand With Thai Protesters: Activists

A group of pro-democracy activists held a demonstration outside the building housing the Thai consulate in Admiralty on Monday, to show solidarity with people in Thailand who have been protesting against the government and monarchy.

The group, including former Demosisto leader Joshua Wong, Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui, and Jimmy Sham from the Civil Human Rights Front, urged the Thai authorities to stop suppressing pro-democracy protests in the country, and release political dissidents.

Wong said protesters in Hong Kong and Thailand stand as one in the face of authoritarian suppression.

"Hong Kong people stand with Thailand, just like how people in Thailand stood with Hong Kong in 2019," he said.

"Thailand is not a place for Hongkongers to have our leisure trips, or just for our travel purpose any more. [Thailand] is also a place that really inspires Hongkongers a lot to continue our fight for freedom."

Hui urged the Thai government to respond to the protesters' demands, including reforming the monarchy and a new constitution, and to stop deploying a heavy police force and water cannons at protest scenes.

"The Thai government should not follow the examples of the notorious HKSAR government and police, who have continuously suppressed human rights and freedoms with arbitrary arrests and excessive violence," said Hui.

Police set up cordon lines outside the building and the activists were prevented by security guards from getting to the consulate to deliver a petition letter.