Chinese tourists accused of killing kitten with luggage

Thai netizens condemned two foreign tourists for kicking and running their luggage over a kitten, leading to its death in Soi Phayanak near Ratchathewi BTS Station in Bangkok. The tourists were widely assumed to be Chinese.

News Facebook page Social Hunter 2022 shared pictures of the dead animal and the tourists, reported to be Chinese, on Sunday, July 28. The page revealed more information in the post.

“These two Chinese tourists pulled their luggage through Soi Phayanak near Ratchathewi BTS Station where a stray kitten, called Yen, was playing. It played near the tourists’ luggage, prompting them to kick it and run their luggage over it. A witness took the cat to the clinic but it succumbed to the injury.”

The page added that netizens and cat lovers were now searching for security camera footage of the incident and also for the two tourists.

The post drew a lot of criticism from Thai netizens. Some also shared their negative experiences with Chinese tourists in the comment section.

“I bought the kitten food once. So sad.”

“They may not know that there are animal protection laws.”

“Police will never dare to charge them.”

“I hate this country for its bias towards Chinese nationals.”

“I rented my condo rooms to foreigners but only Chinese tenants made my rooms dirty and did not pay the rent. No more Chinese.”

Other netizens urged the witnesses of the incident to come forward and questioned how the person knew that the tourists were Chinese. Some promised to share the story with a social media group of Chinese cat lovers.

The director of Watchdog Thailand Foundation (WDT), Saban-nga Nontara, told Channel 7 that the team were now gathering evidence to take legal action against the two tourists but tracking them down was proving difficult for the police.

Saban-nga urged the witness to contact the WDT to provide more details on the case to facilitate the search for the two tourists.