Anutin says he has no ill feeling towards foreigners, denies posting ‘dirty westerners’ Tweet
 

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Thailand’s Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has denied posting derogatory comments about westerners on Twitter.

 

According to the BBC’s Southeast Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, Anutin said he didn’t post the comments and doesn’t know who did.

 

It was also claimed that the Twitter profile had been run by a member of Anutin’s staff and not Anutin himself.

 

Anutin also said he has no negative feelings towards westerners and is focussing all his efforts on tackling COVID-19.

 

 

 

Anutin stressed that the authorities are being completely transparent with regard to the number of cases officially reported in Thailand. 

 

Earlier this week, a Twitter account in the name of the health minister posted derogatory comments about westerners in Thailand.

 

The Tweet, which has since been deleted, along with the Twitter profile, called "farangs" dirty people who don't shower and blamed them for fleeing Europe and coming to Thailand potentially spreading the COVID-19 virus. 

 

He also urged people to avoid foreigners as "not a single one was wearing a mask".

 

The controversial Tweet came a month after he launched a similar attack on foreigners in Bangkok who refused his offer of a free mask.

 

Speaking to Thai media, Anutin, called on foreigners who don’t wear face masks “to be kicked out of Thailand”.

 

He later apologised to Thai media for losing his temper.

 

The news comes as Thailand continues to battle against the spread of COVID-19 - a battle that according to the relatively low number of cases officially reported, suggests Thailand is winning. 

 

While the number of cases in countries such as South Korea (8,086), United States (2,174), Italy (17,660), Spain (4,231), France (3,661), Germany (3,062), Sweden (775) and the United Kingdom (707) have surged rapidly in recent weeks, the number of confirmed infections in Thailand stands at 82, with 35 of those having already made a full recovery. 46 patients remain in hospital and there has been one death from coronavirus in Thailand.

 

*Stats on number of cases from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and TAT via Ministry of Public Health - correct as of 14 March 2020.

 

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2 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Anutin also said he has no negative feelings towards westerners

That's nice; guaranteed it's not reciprocated 

So, if I write really mean and nasty <deleted> in this forum, then delete my account, it didn't happen, right?

Fingers crossed behind his back I bet.

 

And we also believe the figures related to Covid-19.

Australia just had 94 new Covid-19 cases in one day taking the total infections to 250 and Thailand is telling us there is only 82 in a country with such a huge population to me says they are just not testing enough or not releasing the real figures

what he said is recorded on video for all posteriety

 

what he wrote, is on plenty of caches around the world... of whoever/wherever of those who read his since-deleted tripe

14 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

While the number of cases in countries such as  United States (2,174),  and the United Kingdom (707) have surged rapidly in recent weeks

So, Trump bans UK travellers, a place 200% safer than the USA by diagnosed cases ? 

Cannot hope that the entire world bans USA travellers when they hit 10,000 !

15 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The news comes as Thailand continues to battle against the spread of COVID-19 - a battle that according to the relatively low number of cases officially reported, suggests Thailand is winning.

so since it is all going swimmingly then no need to ramp up the program - why would you need too

With this <deleted>, if his lips move he's lying !

I think he's getting worried because Thai people are angry with what he said and are starting to circulate his quotes and picture mocking him for his racist remarks.

 

 

So they are now saying his team wrote it on his twitter? ???? even if that is true it still says a lot.

Will sleep better tonight, the 9mm, pepper spray and machete can go back in the cupboard now. 

37 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Anutin says he has no ill feeling towards foreigners, denies posting ‘dirty westerners’ Tweet

Well, I take back some of those horrid, nasty things I said behind your back! 

4 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Well, I take back some of those horrid, nasty things I said behind your back! 

What do you think he would say to the BBC Asia correspondent? yeh I said it you dirty mongrel ????

Lies lies and yes....more lies

If he has/had a Twitter account that he allowed others to control..... doesn’t that say something about his intelligence ????

>"The MOH said it was an official account run by his staff. He doesn’t know how they were posted." Jonathan Head

 

What a slack a#rse that Head is? Why not get to the point and ask the MOH if he condemns the comments and what he's doing about people misreporting him?

 

So he didn't write the Twitter post and doesn't know who did? Really!! He must think that is us farangs are stupid as well as dirty. 

Not me,I know nothing about it,must have been

someone else,yes someone else,I don't hate <deleted>

dirty foreigners,I would like to get top Immigration post,

and clear them all out.

regards Worgeordie

 

 

12 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

If he has/had a Twitter account that he allowed others to control..... doesn’t that say something about his intelligence ????

Not really, famous/powerful people tend to have staff running their social media.

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Anutin says he has no ill feeling towards foreigners, denies posting ‘dirty westerners’ Tweet

too little, too late

29 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Well, I take back some of those horrid, nasty things I said behind your back! 

Not too many, I trust? 

16 minutes ago, MJKT2014 said:

Why not get to the point and ask the MOH if he condemns the comments and what he's doing about people misreporting him?

Head is friends with him how do you think he got in touch with him?

6 minutes ago, Salerno said:

Not really, famous/powerful people tend to have staff running their social media.

Seems I better check what is being said on my behalf on my account ????

The commandoes are coming for us any time now. They had great success keeping the Wuhan virus count down to less than 100. Now they are switching their attention to the dirty farang.

 

Doomed!!!!!!! Except me, 'cause I shower once a week; at least.

Anutin you make me want to puke!! 

When you open your mouth its just lies & B/S that comes out.

Why are you hiding the real numbers of Coronavirus in Thailand????????

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Australia just had 94 new Covid-19 cases in one day taking the total infections to 250 and Thailand is telling us there is only 82 in a country with such a huge population to me says they are just not testing enough or not releasing the real figures

Well, Norway with a population of barely 5 million has over 1100 cases officially and has said they stopped testing people 3 days ago that are not in critical condition, risk groups and important work groups, admitting the numbers of infected to be far higher than the official numbers.

40 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

If he has/had a Twitter account that he allowed others to control..... doesn’t that say something about his intelligence ????

And his lack of ethics, morals, control, responsibility and accountability!

Ok, was not him.
 

Any reason why he has not filed charges with police to find and arrest someone who is impersonating him ?

 

Any reason why computer crime division has not gone into action to find who is responsible for spreading fake news and hate speech? 

46 minutes ago, misterjames said:

What do you think he would say to the BBC Asia correspondent? yeh I said it you dirty mongrel ????

but I didn't mean it...well not really

Just now, BestB said:

Ok, was not him.
 

Any reason why he has not filed charges with police to find and arrest someone who is impersonating him ?

 

Any reason why computer crime division has not gone into action to find who is responsible for spreading fake news and hate speech? 

Don't be silly, the truth would come out.