The incident took place as Prayut, a former army commander who seized power in the Thai military coup of 2014, held a press event in Bangkok. The Associated Press reports that Prayut was asked about a possible reshuffling of his cabinet, and he retorted by telling reporters to mind their own business.
Shortly after that, Prayut walked up to the front row of reporters, doused them with alcohol mist and then walked away. He ended up engaging with the press some more, but repeatedly kept spraying in their general direction...
Truth is the best disinfectant, except for disinfectant.
At the end of today’s weekly post-cabinet meeting presser, PM @prayutofficial was asked yet again about specific names in the next cabinet reshuffle - instead he sprays the entire first row of the press with alcohol spray... pic.twitter.com/w6mDluxQMU