Electoral fraud: Man alleges he was tricked into filming controversial video

[webfact]

Photo Via Sanook

 

by Samantha Rose

A man accused of manipulating electoral registration in a controversial video on the “Chuwit” Facebook page has filed a police report, alleging he was deceived into participating and was paid only 1,000 baht despite the agreed sum of 5,000 baht. He also revealed that someone wrote a script for him to recite in the footage.

 

Recently, the video of a mysterious man claiming to have illegally registered for a pre-emptive election using someone else’s ID card had gone viral. In the latest development, the man in the video has reported the matter to the Amnat Charoen town police, accusing those behind the clip of cheating him out of his remuneration.

 

Initially, they agreed to pay 5,000 baht, but the man received only 1,000 baht. He declined any further interviews with the press, as he had already discussed the matter with the authorities.

 

The man’s younger sister told reporters that her brother was tricked into filming the video, as he believed he was simply providing information. He was unaware that his statement was being recorded. 

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/elections/mysterious-man-in-chuwit-clip-reports-to-the-police-admits-to-being-deceived-into-attacking-and-reveals-payment-discrepancies

 

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[stoner]

so he is mad for not receiving full payment at attempting fraud ? 

 

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

alleging he was deceived into participating

roughly translated..... the shady people who hired me didn't give me all the promised monies. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, stoner said:

so he is mad for not receiving full payment at attempting fraud ? 

 

roughly translated..... the shady people who hired me didn't give me all the promised monies. 

And he went to the authorities to confess his crime... looking for his lost 4,000

[mrfill]

Shady Man: "Hello sir. We're making a video about preventing voter fraud and will pay you 5000 to take part. All you have to do is read the following lines and we'll do the rest."

 

Isn't the above a possibility? Seems a bit more likely than going to the police and confessing to wilfully accepting a bribe, which could be an expensive mistake.

[nahkit]

18 hours ago, mrfill said:

Shady Man: "Hello sir. We're making a video about preventing voter fraud and will pay you 5000 to take part. All you have to do is read the following lines and we'll do the rest."

 

Isn't the above a possibility? Seems a bit more likely than going to the police and confessing to wilfully accepting a bribe, which could be an expensive mistake.

"He was unaware that his statement was being recorded.  "

 

Tends to knock that idea on the head.

 

He (or his sister) wants us to believe that he would be paid 5,000 just for reading a statement that nobody else would hear?