Ex-Pheu Thai MP files complaint over attack by 'soldier'
FORMER Pheu Thai MP Wattana Muangsuk filed a complaint at Pak Kret Police Station in Nonthaburi yesterday, claiming he had been assaulted by "a man with hair cropped like a soldier" at a Muang Thong Thani football field carpark on Sunday.
Wattana said he decided to file a complaint so police could find the attacker and punish him. As evidence he brought along a photograph of a Honda sedan parked behind his car, alleging that it was used “to point the target and provide the culprit protection”, adding that the attacker punched him in the back of his head and got away in another car. He went on to say that he checked the Honda sedan registration and learned that it belonged to a Prachin Buri-based Army sergeant. Police recorded the complaint and had Wattana undergo a physical check-up, before dispatching investigators to check on CCTV footage at the scene and find witnesses.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that Wattana had the right to file a police complaint against an attacker. “I don’t know what he has said to create enemies, and then he just blames the soldiers,” he said, adding that the media should not take much notice of what Wattana says.