Thai prime minister sprays journalists with alcohol amid COVID

He’s not taking any chances.

The Southeast Asian country’s prime minister on Tuesday took his coronavirus precautions to a new level when he sprayed reporters with sanitizer after his weekly press conference in Bangkok, The Associated Press reports.

Prayuth Chan-ocha sprayed members of the front row of journalists with alcohol mist after telling them to mind their own business, a response which followed a question about potentially reorganizing the Cabinet.

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sprays alcohol mist on a front row of reporters sitting inside the press conference room at Government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, March 9 , 2021. Riled by a final question about a possible Cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister told reporters to mind their own business, then grabbed a container of alcohol mist and doused the front row before sauntering off.

Chan-ocha is well-known for his antics while dealing with the media.

The leader — who in 2014 took part in a coup that overthrew the elected government — has previously fondled a reporter’s ear, and unleashed a banana peel at a camera crew.

He once even used a life-size cutout of himself for the media to defer to, telling them to “Ask this guy” before he walked off.

With News Wire Services