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Students and lecturers at Thammasat University take sides as the clash of opinions over the lese majeste law fuelled by the Nitirat group's campaign splits the campus. In the far South, the government finally admitted that paramilitary rangers killed four innocent civilians and wounded five others. As for the flood prevention plan, there is no good news.

The disquieting conflict of opinions over Section 112 of the Criminal Code, better known as the lese majeste law, triggered off by the Nitirat group’s campaign for reform of the law has now expanded to Thammasat University campus itself, with current and former students and lecturers dividing into opposing camps.

The split in the campus among lecturers and students stems from an order of the varsity administration's decision to ban the Nitirat group, which comprises seven Thammasat law lecturers, from using the campus for their campaign activities.