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Navy to discipline sailor over airport bomb claim

Navy to discipline sailor over airport bomb claim

Chief petty officer apologises after causing stir at Hat Yai airport

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.

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