4 November 2023 at 7:15 PUBLISHED
Following a review into allegations of sexual harassment, the opposition Move Forward Party ( MFP ) MP for Bangkok was cautioned. On Friday, he expressed respect for the party’s decision, denied any wrongdoing, and refused to resign despite pressure.
The younger MP Chaiyamphawan” Puaut” Manpianjit, who was spared exclusion on Wednesday, has been urged to release after his colleague MP for Prachin Buri Wuttiphong Thonglour was expelled from the party in a vote by party professionals.
Mr. Chaiyamphawan added that all of this information had already been given to the group’s executives and that he had shown a press conference the Line chat logs between him and one of the three adult plaintiffs yesterday to demonstrate his ignorance.
The MP responded to the next agent’s claim that Mr. Chaiyamphawan had taken pictures of her without her consent and that the assistant had actually come up with the idea to do so in order to promote him on social media during the previous election campaign.
Mr. Chaiyamphawan may have misunderstood the second assistant’s accusation that he touched her badly because his intention was not sexual in nature. He apologized for not paying enough attention to sexual boundaries, which might have made her uneasy.
That would never occur once, he assured.
Mr. Chaiyamphawan claimed that he had received a letter from the party ordering him to apologize” sincerely” to the women in public by now, make amends promptly, and refrain from making any further ambiguous real or word contact with female employees.
In the letter, it was also stated that the MFP would launch a new investigation into the MP if he disobeyed these directions, potentially leading to his expulsion from the group.