Security guards beat up tourists in Phuket: Caught on CCTV

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Thai security guards repeatedly kick & punch two foreign tourists in Phuket, who do not even fight back. Threats on facebook floow when CCTV footage posted online.

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Security guards beat up tourists in Phuket: Caught on CCTV

Several security guards were filmed beating up two foreign tourists in Phuket and the video and has quickly gone viral.

Facebook user Wichian Juajun posted the 48-second video and explained that nasty incident occurred outside a nightclub in Soi Bangla, Patong Beach, on Wednesday night.

The footage shows several men wearing black shirts raining kicks, punches and elbows on two foreign men, who were clearly outnumbered and did not fight back.

The foreigners appeared to ask the guards to stop and the two sides then went different ways.

The video poster did not say why the men were attacked.

After the video went online, many netizens criticised the security guards being so violent and damaging Thailand's tourism image.

FACEBOOK THREATS, IF VIDEO NOT REMOVED

Hours later, a threatening message was posted on the page, demanding the person who put up the video immediately remove the video.

"Is this video yours? Please delete it. Your Facebook friends are also my friends. It's not difficult to find you," the Facebook user warned.

Police have yet to comment.

RELATED CASE

Earlier this year, a tourist flipped out his camera in front of a Phuket nightclub to photograph a fight, he was threatened by a security guard, a fight ensued and the security guard was stabbed by the tourist. The tourist was later charged with murder, put up bail and that is where the story seems to disappear in March (see here, here, here & here).

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