Woman forced off Bangkok bus, slapped for allegedly insulting late King

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer -

 

A woman is slapped in a video uploaded Monday to Facebook after being forced off a bus for allegedly insulting His Majesty the Late King.

 

BANGKOK — A woman passenger was slapped in the face after being accused of defaming the king and forced off a public bus Monday, an incident captured in a video posted online.

 

In the three-minute clip posted to Facebook, passengers are heard verbally harassing an unidentified woman who they loudly accuse of speaking ill of the King, who died Thursday at 88.

 

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Police link face- slapping incident to woman’s mental health issues
By Chularat Saengpassa, Kittipong maneerit

The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CASE of bus passengers booing a woman in a blue dress, alerting police about an alleged offence and at least one person slapping her stemmed from mental-health issues and not lese majeste, contrary to suggestions made on social media, police said .

 

Nang Lerng Police Station’s deputy inspector Pol Lieutenant Weerayut Srisupat yesterday said the investigation showed the 55-year-old woman was suffering from psychiatric problems. 

“She became mentally ill after her business collapsed,” Weerayut said. “Her relative says she has often hurled verbal abuse at others and complained loudly.” 

A relative of the woman lost track of her on Monday because she had to bring her paralysed mother to the hospital. 

 

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