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Thammasat to reconsider ban

University says row widening social rifts

Thammasat University's executive committee will reconsider its decision to prohibit the use of the campus for activities related to the lese majeste law.

Thammasat University students cast light on the famousdomeat Tha Phra Chan campus in asymbolic gesture to rid it of ‘‘darkness during the daytime’’. The students are protesting against the ban on university grounds of any activities related to proposed reform of the lese majeste law. THITIWANNAMONTHA

Thammasat rector Somkit Lertpaithoon said he will ask executives to reconsider the decision to prohibit such activities on the grounds as the issue has widened divisions at the university.

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