This morning, Pheu Thai gubernatorial candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen insisted that he did not hold a grudge against a suspect who was arrested for applying stickers with the message “Burn the City” to his roadside campaign billboards.
“I wholeheartedly forgive him and never think of pressing charges against him,” said Pongsapat, referring to Hathaiwut Saithong, a 45-year-old man, who was caught yesterday on Soi Lat Phrao 45 with 50 stickers in his possession. “But for the next step, it depends on the party’s law team and executives.”
The message “Burn the City” was a prevailing mentality among Bangkok residents, who accused the red-shirt group of torching Central World shopping mall and many other areas throughout the city during the anti-government riot in 2010.
According to Matichon, Hathaiwut will be charged with defaming a gubernatorial candidate.
