Phonchanok Srisunaklua, a Thai vlogger, is facing a 5-year jail sentence after she made a video of herself eating bats.
Srisunaklua is a food vlogger, and is seen ripping the animals apart and dipping them in a spicy sauce called Nim Jam in the shocking video.
At one point the footage shows the food content creator holding up a whole bat to the camera and declaring “it has teeth” before beginning to crunch on the bones and saying “the bones are soft”.
The video was quickly flooded with complaints by outraged viewers alarmed at the health implications.
One said: “If you’re going to die, die alone. No one will blame you. But you’ll be damned if you start a pandemic.”
Srisunaklua, who is also a teacher, has now been arrested for “possession of protected wildlife carcasses” and “crimes violating the Computer Crimes Act (2007)”.
Initially denying the charges, the woman has since posted another video apologising to ‘society, doctors, journalists, colleagues, family, and friends.’
She added that she wouldn’t eat bats again.
