Hate speech blames Rayong people for Covid cluster
A Rayong resident, 25, filed a police complaint on Monday over a social media comment claiming people in the province were the source of a second-wave Covid-19 outbreak.
Muang district police said a man named Kanok (surname withheld) from Nikhom Phatthana district had filed a complaint against a Facebook user. The Facebook user’s message read, “Rayong locals are the origin of Covid-19. I hate them so much. What they did has stopped me from returning home. I want to burn the city down.”
At least 92 cases of Covid-19 have been found in the eastern province over the past few days. Rayong’s police chief has been moved to an inactive post after health authorities traced the origin of the outbreak to an illegal gambling den in Muang district.
As of Monday, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported 56 new cases in Rayong.
