Moment ‘Mafia Siam’ was seized outside MRT Sutthisan
Police yesterday arrested “Mafia Siam,” the most hated man on Thai social media at the moment, over several counts of physical assault, including his recent attack of a woman on an MRT train.
Thirty-eight-year-old Weerapan Inthawong, a Laos national, was tracked down and arrested at Sutthisan MRT yesterday evening after a woman filed a complaint with police that he punched her on an MRT train Friday morning, police said at a press conference today.
The victim, whose identity was withheld, said the attack took place after Weerapan accused her of stepping on his feet when they got on the train at Hua Lamphong station. He then reportedly punched her and threatened to kill her, forcing the victim to leave the train at the next station and seek help from security.
Out of anger, the victim smacked ‘Siam Mafia’ on the head at the press conference today.
The MRT attack received a lot of attention in the media and on social media after the victim and her friend asked the public for evidence and witnesses of the attack to come forward on popular forum Pantip, with the thread, “My female friend got punched on MRT.”
READ: Woman gets punched on MRT, tracks down witnesses on Pantip
Police said Weerapan had entered the kingdom illegally. He lived in the Silom area and he was notorious among locals for several unreported physical assaults in Siam Square area, which earned him the nickname, “Mafia Siam.”
Police also held Weerapan for reportedly smacking a teenager with a water bottle at Paragon Cineplex on Aug12 and pretending to be a Singaporean tourist to steal a woman’s phone last year in the Paya Tai area.
Weerapan has been identified as the man who was filmed verbally assaulting a 17-year-old boy after he reportedly smacked him with a water bottle.
Weerapan has been charged with entering the kingdom illegally, physical assaults and threats, Nation TV reported.
A video of a man said to be the infamous Mafia Siam throwing folders and insulting receptionists at a Ratchada hotel on Aug. 29 also emerged online yesterday.
However, the account has not been confirmed by police.
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