The president of Chulalongkorn Univesity’s student council was dismissed from his place after he introduced a controversial video at a student orientation in 2021. The video featured talks by two distinguished protest leaders, nicknamed Penguin and Rung, who’re known critics of Thailand’s monarchy. In his discuss, Penguin raised his center finger, and encouraged students to do the same. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์ที่ไหนดี reported that the Student Affairs Office called this a “vulgar” gesture, and said it went in opposition to Thai tradition and therefore could “cause disunity” among college students.
Another controversial one that appeared within the video chat was Pavin Chachavalpongpun, an educational and critic of the monarchy who fled to Japan in 2014.
Chulalongkorn deducted 10 factors from the student council president’s behaviour score, and dismissed him from his place. The former president, Netiwit, stated yesterday that he spoke to the university’s vice director to acknowledge the choice. The Student Affairs Office condemned him for being complicit in the occasion without telling the office about it first, and for inviting Penguin as a speaker. Penguin was lately granted three months bail from a prison sentence. Thai PBS said Netiwit in contrast the decision to dismiss him to a coup..