Reuters - 12/13/13, Andrew R.C. Marshall
Anti-government protesters hold Thai national flags during a public seminar where protest leader and former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban is speaking at, at Thammasat University in Bangkok December 14, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom
"People you would normally see in the society pages were out there," she said. "All the people from big families used to be called the silent minority. Well, they're not silent anymore."
Banks, construction companies and other big Thai businesses have often openly supported Thaksin-backed parties or the opposition Democrats, said prominent Thailand scholar Chris Baker. "What is different is seeing these figures at demonstrations," he said.
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