Thai transwoman assaulted by Chinese man for rejecting him (video)
A Thai transwoman filed a complaint against a Chinese man for physically assaulting her after she rejected his advances in an entertainment venue car park in the eastern province of Rayong on Saturday, November 2.
The 25 year old transgender victim, whose name remains undisclosed, reported the physical assault to Pluak Daeng Police Station and shared CCTV footage from the car park of the entertainment venue with officers.
In the footage, the man in a yellow T-shirt, reportedly a Chinese national, approached the transwoman and attacked her. He pulled her hair, threw her to the ground, and punched her in the head. The victim’s friends and a bar security guard then intervened to stop the assault.
The transwoman gave an interview with Channel 7 on November 3, explaining that the Chinese man approached her from behind while she was with her friends at the bar around midnight on November 2. The man repeatedly tried to clink glasses with her two to four times that night.
The transgender victim believed the Chinese man was flirting with her but she was not interested. Later, around 2am, she and her friends left the entertainment venue and walked to their car. The Chinese man followed them and attacked the victim, as seen in the video.
The transwoman also shared images of her injuries with the media, showing wounds on her feet and knees. She obtained a medical report to submit to the police as evidence. As of now, Pluak Daeng Police Station has not yet provided an update on the case.
In a related incident, reported on November 1, a Thai man attacked a 19 year old transwoman in the Isaan province of Buriram. The attacker later confessed that his girlfriend accused the transwoman of criticising her on social media. The girlfriend then asked him to assault the transgender victim.
The couple told the media they believed they could end the legal proceedings by paying the victim 500 baht as friends used to do so. However, the victim insisted on processing the charge against the couple.
