According to the Bangkok Post, protestors wearing the famous “Guy Fawkes” mask banded together this Sunday outside Central World shopping mall in order to voice their opposition to the policies of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
The Guy Fawkes mask has become a symbol for pro-democracy protests and is worn by anti-censorship groups, anti-government protestors and anti-multi-national corporation groups worldwide.
This current campaign began in Thailand on the social website Facebook, where users began to change their profile pictures into images of the Guy Fawkes mask. These same users also began commenting on pages associated with the Pheu Thai Party, Thaksin Shinawatra and Thaksin’s son Panthongtae.
In addition to drawing widespread acrimony from Pheu Thai Party officials, the campaign also earned opprobrium from opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.
