Thai diplomat accused of assault acted in self-defence: Foreign Ministry
A female Thai diplomat who allegedly assaulted an Egyptian woman at a Cairo hotel had acted in self-defence, Thai Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Jakkrit Srivali said on Monday.
He quoted Kakanang Amaranand, first secretary of the Thai Embassy in Egypt, as dismissing news reports in Egyptian media that she attacked and injured Rana Ashraf.
Ashraf’s husband was quoted as saying that Kakanang had “pushed [Ashraf] on the couch, kicked her more than five times in the face and head with her heels, pulled her hair out, bit her until she bled, and through all of this my wife was not grabbing or attacking her.
“Whenever we tried to pull her off, she would bite or pull harder. It was a completely one-sided fight.”
He also alleged that Kakanang was drunk at the time.
Jakkrit reported that Thai Ambassador to Egypt Chalit Manittayakul had defended Kakanang’s character, saying he had never seen her drunk to the point of losing self-control. The embassy has said it will investigate the incident.
Meanwhile, it still remains unclear as to whether Ashraf has filed a complaint with police.
