Self-mutilating MP says he borrowed fruit knife from parliament maid

An MP who slashed his arm during yesterday’s parliamentary session has apologized for the alarming incident, saying he used a borrowed fruit knife to harm himself.

After recovering from his superficial, self-inflicted wounds, opposition MP Wisarn Techateerawat said he wanted to send a message to Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-o-cha when he drew blood with three cuts to his arm in his apology to house speaker Chuan Leekpai and other lawmakers.

“I’m sorry for the chaos … I didn’t mean to do anything other than ask the PM to come down and solve people’s problems. It’s a shame he wasn’t at the session today,” Wisarn, a 64-year-old Pheu Thai Party representative for Chiang Rai, said last night after he was taken to the hospital. 

Wisarn said he did not carry the knife into the secure facility but borrowed it from a maid there. 

It was during the…