8th of March, 2024
After entering a guilty plea to assaulting six Thai counterparts outside a restaurant in Bangkok on Monday night, two transgender Filipinos were each fined 5, 000 baht ( US$ 11 ) on Wednesday.
Both John Rich Miranda and Christian Calma Castro were detained by Lumpini police on Monday evening, and they were taken by officers to South Bangkok District Court on Wednesday. According to the Nation, one of them apologized to the writers existing by waiving.
According to the Royal Society’s Thai vocabulary, the hua is” a sign to show respect by putting hands up.”
On Monday, the Filipinos posted a picture of their assault, which included the two arrested persons, on social media. After the six Thais called on their brother kathoeys, or transgender persons, and arrived at the Filipinos ‘ motel on Soi Sukhumvit 11 on the same evening, accompanied by about 2, 000 Thai transgender people, this turned out to be a poor decision.
The Thai kathoeys are far more numerous and attack the Filipinos than the bubbling trend.
Miranda and Castro pleaded guilty on the spot and waived their right to a prosecutor.
The court therefore slapped them with a great of 10,000 baht each for disturbing public order before halving the charges after the two had admitted grief.
A transsexual Filipino who was reportedly assaulted by angry Thai kathoeys at the hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 11 has agreed to stay away from charges, according to a Nation record.
At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, one of her alleged intruders met with her at the Lumpini Police Station, and the Filipino, whose name was kept secret, agreed to file a lawsuit against her.
One of the Thai attackers, known as” Champ,” apologised and offered to pay the Filipino’s 10,000-baht medical expenses. After the battle broke out, he was taken into custody along with Filipinos Miranda and Castro.
Later,” Champ” revealed that he had been informed that the Filipino he attacked was n’t a member of the group of more than a dozen transgender people who attacked the six Thai kathoeys on Monday, but was just an innocent bystander who happened to be staying at the same hotel.
At 4.15 p.m., the victim was seen with a dark eye and bruises on her spine when she arrived with a representative from the Philippine Embassy.
Both were taken to a place for a conference between military representatives, officers, justice ministry authorities, and interpreters.
The Filipino had dropped the grievance against Champ and her other reported intruders, according to Pol Maj Gen Witthawat Shinkham, the Metropolitan Police Division 5 commander, to the writers.
The wounds she sustained had been treated for for 14 days, according to specialists.
The victim claimed that she wanted to put an end to the issue in order to keep Thai and Filipino relationships pleasant.
On the other hand, Champ was appreciative of her dropping the issue. The two hugged one another at the conclusion of the media event.
