Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said after yesterday's cabinet meeting that many students had told him they would be bullied and shunned by their peers if they did not take part in demonstrations.
"That is dangerous. Some people don't want to participate. I would like everyone to be rational," he said when asked about the current trend for students around the country to show the three-fingered salute during morning assembly to represent their resistance to his government.
Gen Prayut said it was not a major concern for him as some students had only taken part innocently.