Thai abuse allegations ignite rare reckoning - Taipei Times

SPEAKING OUT:

After Siranudh Scott’s allegations surfaced, celebrities and public figures took to social media to share their own experiences of sexual misconduct and abuse

AFP, BANGKOK

A high-profile alleged sexual abuse case within a wealthy Thai beer brewing family has prompted a wave of painful accounts from survivors of unconnected abuse in the conservative nation.Siranudh Scott, a member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the ubiquitous Singha beer brand, posted an emotional video this month accusing his elder brother Sunit of repeatedly abusing him when he was a teenager.Sunit, who is in his 30s, later denied the allegations in a video posted online, but Singha parent Boonrawd dismissed him from his executive role with the company on Tuesday last week.

Siranudh Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand, poses for a photograph in Bangkok on Sunday.