Boo Radley Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Thai envoy in hotel catfight row - Bangkok Post: 18th Jun 2013 A female Thai diplomat has been accused of assaulting an Egyptian lawyer during a night out at an exclusive five-star hotel, in Cairo the Egypt Independent reported. Ms Kakanang is listed on the Thai Embassy website as first secretary, a position which normally carries diplomatic immunity. The newspaper reported on its website on Sunday that the first secretary at the Thai embassy in Egypt, Kakanang Amaranand, allegedly verbally and physically assaulted lawyer Rana Ashraf. The incident, which took place last Thursday evening, left the lawyer with a black eye, a cut on her head, scratches all over her body and four deep bite marks in her arm. The Thai diplomat, meanwhile, insisted she acted in self-defence. Mrs Ashraf and her husband Mohamed Sameh told the Egypt Independent on Sunday that the altercation took place after they asked Ms Kakanang her name. The embassy secretary allegedly responded by insulting and trying to kick Mrs Ashraf. "When I tried to restrain her, she tried to hit me," Mr Sameh said. "My wife then stood between us and this is when the brutal attack started," he claimed. "She pushed her on a couch, kicked her in the face and head at least five times, pulled her hair [and] bit her till she bled," he added. "It was a completely one-sided fight," the media quoted Mr Sameh as saying. Before the assault, Ms Kakanang was said to be drinking heavily, bragging about her diplomatic immunity and criticising Egypt. "Egypt is the worst country I have ever been to after Lebanon," she was quoted as saying. The couple filed a complaint at Qasr El Nil police station and are waiting to hear whether prosecutors want to proceed with the case. Mrs Ashraf was demanding that Ms Kakanang be subjected to a drug test as well as a psychological evaluation, according to media reports. The Thai embassy told the Egypt Independent on Sunday they had not received an official complaint from the couple. Jakkrit Srivali, deputy spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said the Thai embassy in Cairo would launch an investigation into what happened that night and would invite both the couple and Ms Kakanang to give their sides of the story at the embassy next Monday. However, according to an initial embassy report, Ms Kakanang insists she acted in self-defence. She said she went to the hotel with an embassy colleague who knew the couple. She denied having met them before. Mr Jakkrit said he knows Ms Kakanang and that she is polite and well-mannered. http://www.bangkokpo...cairo-catfight/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 boozing in a muslim country, a real no no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Something is wrong here. The husband just stood and watched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 boozing in a muslim country, a real no no. Egypt is not a Muslim Country, on 80% Muslim Christians and Judism make up the other 20%. The alleged offence took place In a 5 Star Hotel, well 5 Stars in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman etc all sell alcohol so it is not a big no no contorary to popular belief. Do you think Malaysia or Indonesia would get many tourists if alcohol was banned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Was she recruited in Suk soi 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Agree, the story's a bit hard to believe as reported. Here's the Husband's account from his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheGhazy : Last Thursday, my wife was brutally attacked by a drunken lunatic diplomat while having a night out at the Kempinski hotel in Cairo. We arrived at the hotel at 12.30-1am to meet up with my friends. Coincidently, one of my friends' lovely girlfriend works at the Thai embassy in Egypt. She brought a friend of hers who nobody has ever met before and that was extremely drunk, and I had also heard she was allegedly doing "coke" in the bathroom (I cannot be sure about that so I don't want to use this as evidence). Right off the bat, the girl was being extremely rude while talking to us. Even as she was inviting us to a farewell party, she was being aggressive about it because I said that I'm having an operation that week and can't make it. However, she ended up taking our emails to put us on the mailing list. Throughout the night, she was arrogantly slamming Egypt and Egyptians, basically saying that it was a horrible country with horrible people. She said "Egypt is the worst place I have ever been after Beirut." She even started calling two of the Egyptian guys "fat and ugly" while making the vomit gestures. We then innocently asked her for her name because we hadn't had the chance to properly introduce ourselves. She spent 5-10 minutes not telling us her name and then looked at me and said "my name is k** omak!" while proceeding to repeat that to me while giving me her middle finger (in case you don't knows, that translates to "your moms vagina" - a very derogatory Arabic slur). My wife politely asked her to stop so she told her to "shut up". She then started swearing at us because she said we took her place on the couch, and made sarcastic remarks about us being newly weds. She was bragging about how she has diplomatic immunity, and how she can park wherever she wants in Egypt because the "Thai embassy gets to pay all her tickets". She arrogantly told me not to sit cross legged in front of her, basically implying that I shouldn't sit in front of a diplomat like that. I told her to stop being rude and to calm down, and she wouldn't. We asked for her name again and all she was saying was "ok, ok, ok!" So we told her that we will call her "ok" from now on. She took out her phone and started to write us a really rude email as per her friend. My wife asked her "should we expect an email from ok@gmail.com?" which got laughs from everyone at the table. She then kicked my wife really hard with her heels and the went back to writing the email. At this point, we had been nice about her being rude and we hadn't retaliated when she swore. But seeing my wife get kicked, I lost it and smacked the phone out of her hand. I shouted "what did you do that for? Calm down!" And then she started aggressively hitting me and trying to choke me. I would never hit a woman, so I just grabbed her hands to control her but she continued. My wife then got up to stand between us so she could stop and this is where the brutal attack started. She pushed her on the couch, kicked her over 5 times in the face and head with her heels, pulled her hair out, bit her till she bled and through all of this my wife had let go. Whenever we tried to pull her off, she would bite or pull harder. It was a completely one sided fight. My wife ended up with a black eye, an open wound in hear head, scratches all over her body, 4 deep bite marks on her arm and emotional distress. In hindsight, I should have not smacked her phone but seeing a violent drunk hitting my wife (who is by far the person I love the most in the world), I could not help myself. I was also worried that she would get more violent and use weapons on her so I needed to put her in her place. She had brutally attacked my wife, she was an absolute drunken mess, she swore at people, Egypt and specifically Egyptians, she arrogantly claimed to be abusing her power at the embassy and she was violent and rude with other people and waiters as well. She is an embarrassment to herself, her family, her country and the entire diplomatic system. It is amazing that slime like this gets diplomatic immunity and gets away with all these misdemeanors. And by the way, after all this, her name turned out to be Miss KANANANG AMARANAND. She is the First Secretary at the Thai Embassy in Egypt. Here is a link to the page to see what she looks like. We have filed a lawsuit against her, but we were told that this will end up as a waste of time because of her status. I urge everyone to share this and put pressure on the embassy to release her from her job. She does not deserve a future in such a prestigious field. Notes: - My wife asked me not to post pictures of the attack. - Witnesses include friends, the neighbouring table, the hotel waiters and security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Here is what the Egyptian papers say: http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/thai-embassy-staffer-assaults-egyptian-woman http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/16/assault-complaint-against-thai-diplomat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Egypt is not a Muslim Country, on 80% Muslim Christians and Judism make up the other 20%. The alleged offence took place In a 5 Star Hotel, well 5 Stars in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman etc all sell alcohol so it is not a big no no contorary to popular belief. Do you think Malaysia or Indonesia would get many tourists if alcohol was banned? Muslim = 90 % + Copts = 10 % + Jews = 0.0000 % Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Muslim = 90 % + Copts = 10 % + Jews = 0.0000 % http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Egypt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelgianBoy Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 http://en.wikipedia....ligion_in_Egypt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Egyptian_Jews_(1956) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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