Thai man’s jet ski stunt fuels anger in ‘unequal’ Bangkok as poor hit hardest by floods

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A Thai man received a suspended jail sentence after riding a jet ski through flooded Bangkok streets to create social media content. The stunt fueled public anger about unequal flood impacts and the handling of the response, as tens of thousands of households remained inundated.

A Thai man who zipped a jet ski across flooded Bangkok streets received a suspended jail sentence on Monday for causing a public nuisance after he used the capital – where tens of thousands of households remain submerged – as a backdrop for social media content. The stunt, widely shared on social media on Sunday evening, became a conduit for public anger over both the handling of the flood response and how climate calamities are experienced unevenly in the capital of one of Asia’s least equal...