The chief petty officer is caught on video during the incident at Hat Yai airport, Songkhla province. (Screenshot)
A navy officer seen on video falsely intimating he had a bomb in his bag ahead of boarding a flight at Hat Yai airport will be investigated and disciplined, the Royal Thai Navy spokesman said on Friday.
V/Adm Pokkrong Manathatphalin said the navy would first conduct a fact-finding probe into the incident and then order disciplinary action.
The spokesman said the man who caused the disturbance at Hat Yai airport was a chief petty officer who intended to board a flight there to Don Mueang airport in Bangkok.
V/Adm Pokkrong said the navy apologised to personnel of Hat Yai airport for the man’s misbehaviour.
He did not say when it occurred.
A video of the incident released on Thursday quickly…
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