BANGKOK (AP) — A Cathay Pacific flight attendant is out of a job
after writing on her Facebook
page that she wanted to throw coffee in a passenger's face because she happened
to be the daughter of someone she dislikes intensely: ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra.
The flight attendant caused a stir in the Thai
online communities last week for posting hostile comments about Thaksin's
youngest daughter, Paetongtarn
Shinawatra. She also posted a picture of Paetongtarn's seating
number on a Bangkok-to-Hong Kong flight she worked on Nov. 25.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific said Monday on its Thailand Facebook page
that the posting of a passenger's personal information was unauthorized and
against the airline's privacy rules. It said, without elaborating, that the
flight attendant is "no longer an employee."The flight attendant said in her post that she called her personal adviser to ask "if it was all right to throw something on (Paetongtarn) on this flight."
"Paetongtarn, I didn't throw coffee in her face today but she had no clue that I will keep on fighting until your clan can no longer live like fleas on the Thai soil," she wrote.
Cathay Pacific did not release the name
of the flight attendant, whose Facebook handle is Honey Lochanachai. The flight
attendant said Monday on Facebook that she resigned in order to take
responsibility.
A message seeking comment from the
Shinawatra family was not immediately returned Tuesday.
Thaksin, a divisive figure in Thai
politics, was ousted in a 2006 coup and lives in self-imposed exile following a
2008 corruption conviction.
His sister Yingluck has been prime
minister since last year, and her opponents say she is Thaksin's proxy. She
recently survived a no-confidence vote in parliament and protests organized by
Thaksin's opponents.
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