Royalist hospital director threatened with fake gun

The director of Bangkok’s Mongkulwattana Hospital has brushed off an incident in which a man threatened him with a fake gun. Rienthong Nanna says the perpetrator probably has mental health issues, after the man showed up in the outpatient department brandishing a gun, which turned out to be fake.

“The man was arrested and charged with several serious offences, and the gun he carried turned out to be a fake. He probably has a mental disorder and wished to threaten me and the hospital staff.”

Rienthong is staunchly pro-Monarchy and claims to have received several threatening messages after creating a Facebook group in opposition to those he believes are guilty of lèse-majesté offences. He says one message threatened to send a gunman his way, but appears unfazed by yesterday’s incident.

“My security guards are ex-military and they knew right away that the man was carrying a fake gun. That’s why they chose a non-lethal approach to stop and apprehend him. I am assembling a team to find out the mastermind behind this, and I will keep the public updated.”

SOURCE: Nation Thailand