A Thai man punching a South Korean YouTuber in the face on the beach in Pattaya has gone viral on YouTube. The Thai attacker blamed the foreigner for filming him without permission.
A video of the assault on the victim, 38 yr outdated Anseong Ri, was shared on the YouTube Channel, 시수기릿[girit]. According to ThaiRath, the incident happened on Jomtien Beach in Pattaya at about 2am on Friday, July 28 while Ri was livestreaming on YouTube and Kick websites.
In the video, Ri is seen walking on the seashore and speaking to his viewers. Then, a Thai man in an orange shirt, later identified as 27 yr previous Anupong, shouted at Ri, and the 2 engaged in a heated argument…
Anupong: “No video! No video!”
Ri: “OK, I didn’t take a video of you.”
Anupong pointed his finger at Ri, and Ri raised his center finger in response.
Anupong: “F*ck you!”
Ri: “F*ck!”
Anupong: “Do you wanna fight?”
Ri: “Why?”
Anupong: “Go away!”
Unheard of : “What do you want?”
Immediately after Ri ended talking, Anupong punched him within the face twice making his nose bleed. One man is heard within the video requesting Anupong to stop punching Ri.
According to Cat Dumb, Ri walked away from the scene to calm himself earlier than returning to clear the difficulty. However, another foreign vacationer stopped Ri, saying, “It is not price it.”
Cat Dumb stated that the Tourist Police came to intervene and charged Ri 34,000 baht, for filming others with out permission. However, the attacker faces no authorized penalties or fines.
Ri later deleted the video, however the website, Kick, reposted it and drew the eye of many users. Some viewers argue that Ri did nothing mistaken and that Thailand is a harmful place, while others believe he deserved the results due to his violation of others’ privacy.
Some foreigners in Thailand said Ri did incorrect however added that Thai individuals are type and well mannered. Thai individuals will never damage others except that person annoys them first.
ThaiRath then interviewed a Thai woman named Fah who knew Anupong. Fah stated…
“The man and his associates featured within the video are distributors in the space. They supply beach chairs and mats for hire. They usually have fights with other vendors and vacationers in the space, however nobody filed a complaint to the police. They have been a bit aggressive which is normal behaviour of people on this area, but they by no means started a struggle. I believe some issues occurred before the assault.”
Pattaya Tourist Police additionally supplied their perspective on the matter, asserting that each parties have been charged 1,000 baht every for engaging in a physical altercation and inflicting a disturbance in public. They claimed that the Thai man apologised to Ri, and Ri agreed to delete the video..