Activists use media spotlight to make their voices heard

Besides dressing up as characters from the Avatar movie and plastering Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's face on tuk-tuks around Bangkok, activists have even jumped into park ponds to get their messages across.

- Tan Tam Mei

As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders' Meeting gets underway on Friday, anti-government protesters in Bangkok and across Thailand are gearing up to make their voices heard, some through novel and creative means.

Several youth-led demonstrators claim that leaders are "greenwashing" environmental resolutions made at various Apec meetings, and are demanding strong action against climate change.

Since early this week, there has been a heavy police presence in and around the summit location in Bangkok, as well as at hotels where world leaders are staying, but that has not deterred a handful of activists from hitting the streets.