Chamlong challenges PM to sue over controversial video clip

Somchai on Monday admitted he was the man in the video clip circulating on the Internet and posted on the Manager website, but claimed the video was edited with the intention of defaming him.

"This is a serious issue because he is accused of using office time to hook up with a woman. For this type of allegation, leaders of other countries would have resigned, if they had been accused,'' Chamlong said.

The video was shot by an unidentified cameraman between March 22 and 27 this year and was viewed more than 261,000 times in less than 24 hours after its posting on the Manager website.

The 25minute clip consists of four parts  featuring:   first, the man who resembles Somchai, in a red Mercedes picking up a woman in her 20s, in front of a convenience store. The couple are shown having dinner at a restaurant serving southernstyle Thai food.

The second part features the same man driving a BMW to a love motel after picking up another woman from a house. The third part shows the man wearing eyeglasses parking his white Lexus SUV at a restaurant and having lunch with a lady who resembles Yaowapa Wongsawat.

The final part was taken on March 27 when the man picked up a woman at the Justice Ministry on Chaengwattana Road. They go to lunch, and then to the HomePro department store where they bought a refrigerator.