Thai Rath reports that Deputy House Speaker Apiwan Wiriyachai, the head of the inquiry into the facts regarding the incident between Karun and Somkiart that he will invite representatives from the coalition and the opposition to discuss the forming of hte committee. It will likely have 7 members and take 15 days to reach a conclusion. He also approved a request by the opposition fro view that CCTV footage, but asked that not be distributed until the inquiry committee concludes it is appropriate to do so.

Chalerm is then quoted as saying that the incident is about anger and a personal incident and not political. He said that PPP would not interfere in the process, but noted that Somkiart has frequently shown impolite behaviour in the past which was inappropriate saying that Somkiart calls everyone ai, ee, guu, mueng and so it is normal for people to dislike him.

BP: Guu is an impolite word for "I" and mueng is an impolite word for "you". Ai and ee are also impolite words which have no equivalent in English. Like fuck in English, it can turn normal words into insults although the analogy doesn't always work. Certainly, among friends and in certain contexts the words can be acceptable, or even playful, but in most contexts it is not.

Another Thai Rath news report quotes Karun as saying that he did no wrong, but if the inquiry finds him at fault he will resign as an MP immediately. He further states that "[Somkiart] said mueng, guu" and told him that if you are going to speak like this then I can do so too.

Karun stated he was 100% confident that he didn't injure Somkiart and that he would resign, but if he didn't do really injure Somkiart, would Somkiart resign? Somkiart refuted this saying that in regards to Karun's statement that he didn't rude or injure there were about 20 witnesses there and not solely Democrat MPs. It also was not just over in one minute, it was more than 10 minutes. There were many confrontations, first between Karun and a Democrat list MP and then with a Bangkok Democrat MP, and then with the Deputy Leader of the Democrats. He says he didn't respond and didn't say anything at all. He further states that it is a matter of "honour for the country" and feel he feels sorry for Thailand. He also says that if Thailand has "real honour" it would not have gangsters in parliament.

Somkiart also says that Karun had a weapon in a bag. He said that he was a couple of metres away and didn't see the weapon, but just the bag. One of the other Democrats say him try to grab a fork from the canteen.

BP: The version of events are so divergent. I think I will wait for the inquiry, but PPP seem to be distancing themselves from Karun in the meantime while still going after Somkiart. The CCTV footage will be useful as both individuals have made such definite statements about what they did or did not do that one or both of them might be embarrassed.

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