Search or assault? Thai security grab crotches, stick fingers under bras at ‘808 Festival’

Attendees at a massive Bangkok music festival said security guards groped their crotches and reached inside their underwear to touch their bare breasts.

A woman attending the three-day 808 Festival at BITEC Bang Na said guards touched all women “between [the] legs, they actually touched pussy over clothes” and “touched my nipple directly.” She also published images and videos of other attendees being groped in the same way and said there was no advance notice or attempt to gain consent.

“I’ve been to other festivals in Thailand, and [nothing happened like] this sexual body check before,” Japanese national Hitomi Okemoto told Coconuts this morning. “It was way too much, I think other women also felt disgusted and scared and sad.”

She said she will never attend the 808 Festival again.

“I hope they don’t make any money next year after…