KAMPHAENG PHET — A naked foreign man stunned shoppers in a Kamphaeng Phet market early Saturday when he rode a motorcycle into the town center and walked into a convenience store without wearing any clothing.
Photos and videos show the man — described by police as a Western national in his 30s — arriving at a shop inside the Khlong Lan fresh market around 7:30 a.m. He appeared unfazed by onlookers, using one hand to cover his genitals before riding away.
Residents alerted police, who later found the man sitting on a chair at a nearby snooker table in an intoxicated state, according to Khlong Lan police. Officers warned him about his behavior.
A Thai woman who identified herself as his wife soon arrived with clothes and took him home, police said.
Tourist Police and immigration officers later tracked him to a house in the Ban Suan Som area of Khlong Nam Lai, where they found him sitting calmly on a chair wearing only shorts. His Thai wife was trying to comfort him, officers said. With the help of an interpreter, police learned the man had been heavily intoxicated and stressed by personal problems.
After speaking with officers, he acknowledged the incident and regained composure. Police took him to Khlong Lan Police Station, where he was fined for public indecency.
His wife told authorities they had been together for three years and share a 2-month-old daughter. She said he arrived in Thailand unannounced, walking about 5 kilometers from a bus station to reach her. Before the incident, he had consumed a case of beer and smoked cannabis, she said, adding that she had tried to hide his cannabis supply.
She said her husband had spoken of depression and previously came close to attempting suicide abroad but had not received treatment. He planned to return to his home country at the end of the month for medical care.
“I want to apologize to society on behalf of my husband,” she said. “I tried to stop him, but he said this was normal where he comes from. I’m sorry for his behavior.”
Kamphaeng Phet is a lower northern province of Thailand with a population of nearly 700,000. It typically has far fewer foreign residents compared to major tourist destinations or northeastern provinces, where many foreigners marry Thai women and settle down to work or retire in Thailand.
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