Video: Thai Politician Under Investigation After Slapping Woman Reporter For Asking Question
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A PPRP party spokesman said that Prawit Wongsuwon knew the journalist well and had apologised.
Thailand's parliament has said that it will investigate veteran politician and former army chief Prawit Wongsuwon after he was filmed slapping a journalist as she tried to ask him questions. According to the BBC, Mr Wongsuwon, the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader, struck a ThaiPBS reporter on the head after she asked him a question about the new prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. The incident took place on Friday and it prompted the reporter to file a formal complaint against the senior politician, following which the Thai parliament said it would investigate the case. A politician is surrounded by journalists while walking down a corridor when one of them asks him a question.■ Instead of answering it, he raises his hand and slaps her in the head several times before climbing into his vehicle and driving away.■ Videos of this interaction in… pic.twitter.com/WjYw7CZtWa
In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter), the senior politician, 79, was seen hitting Duangthip Yiamphop several times around the head as he left a building, demanding, "What are you asking? What? What?" Sharing the clip, a user wrote, "A politician is surrounded by journalists while walking down a corridor when one of them asks him a question. Instead of answering it, he raises his hand and slaps her in the head several times before climbing into his vehicle and driving away."
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