Sukholtha Khemthong’s nude
spectacle tied up traffic and drew catcalls from bystanders.
Boonlua Chatree
A 36-year-old Buriram woman stripped naked and climbed on
top of her sister’s car to prevent police from arresting her sister for an
alleged hit-and-run accident.
Sukholtha Khemthong’s nude spectacle at a Central Road
intersection Jan. 5 tied up what traffic was there around 5 a.m. and drew
catcalls from bystanders and embarrassed confusion from male officers who
didn’t want to be seen dragging her bare portly figure from the roof of her
sister Suthathip Khemthong’s Mazda.
Shouting drunkenly at officers that she shouldn’t be
arrested as she a member of the “red shirt” anti-establishment movement that
backs the current national government, Sukholtha was finally coaxed into her
clothing by female onlookers.
The incident occurred after 45-year-old Johann
Mitterpleininger complained to police he was hit while driving his motorbike
on Soi Buakow by a hit-and-run driver. Using his description of the car,
police located and pulled over Suthathip who, along with her sister, were
driving home after a night of drinking and partying in South Pattaya.
Suthathip tried to persuade officers she hadn’t fled the
accident scene and had planned to return after dropping off her sister at
their hotel. Officers weren’t buying the story and locked up the driver, who
apologized for her sister, who she said often acts out when drunk.
