Description
On 23 January 2023, a senior reporter / editor for Nation TV was at a courthouse in Bangkok to cover a trial of a group of Thai and Chinese businesspeople accused of running triad operations and racketeering rings. When the reporter filmed the defendants leaving the courtroom, a group of 7-10 men approached him and threatened him to stop filming and delete the footage. Some of the men also reportedly seized the phone from the reporter's hand and deleted the footage by themselves, before returning the phone and walking away. The reporter has filed charges against the unidentified men at a local police station.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Male
Age
Country
Bangkok
Full name or name of group
Unidentified
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2023
Type of incident
Physical assaults (include death, injury, abduction)
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