A naval officer has been dismissed from duty and is facing lèse majesté charges after drunken antics where he name-dropped everyone up to and including former King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The officer is being held at the military camp in Sattahip in Chon Buri, facing 4 charges and possible Section 112 charges.
The prosecution stems from a December 23 incident with a video that went viral of him drunk at a restaurant where no alcohol was allowed to be served. Police officers came to inspect that Covid-19 regulations were being followed, but the drunken naval officer interrupted with a drunken rant.
In his diatribe, he threw around his job title and alleged close personal connections with top officials in Thailand. He could have any police officer fired from any station, he said as he smashed a glass bottle on the ground to try to scare off the police.
The damning video turned out the…
