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A Thai man who zipped a jet ski across flooded Bangkok streets received a suspended jail sentence on Monday for causing a public nuisance after he used the capital – where tens of thousands of households remain submerged – as a backdrop for social media content.
The stunt, widely shared on social media on Sunday evening, became a conduit for public anger over both the handling of the flood response and how climate calamities are experienced unevenly in the capital of one of Asia’s least equal countries.
On Monday, a Bangkok court gave Sorn Keadsiri, the 27-year-old son of an actress, a suspended 15-day jail sentence and a small fine after he did doughnuts – spinning the jet ski in tight circles in the water – on a flooded Bangkok street while his friend filmed the antics.
“The seized jet ski will also be confiscated,” Makkasan Metropolitan Police said in a statement revealing the court’s decision.
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