Aekkawat Hassakhon, the poor rubber tapper who claims that a national park official lured him by a fake job to lie about breaking the law to help create fake news about starfish selfies. Woman picked up starfish herself, park official promised poor man job, then told him to lie, causing his family shame & embarrassment. The man told him to bring his identification card (id card) and meet him at the park office, Mr Aekkawat said. PARK OFFICIAL ORDERED HIM TO LIE ABOUT STARFISHHowever, when he arrived, a park official talked to him and told him to confess to being a crewman on the Chokwimol Tour boat. He was not a crewman on a tourist boat, just an ordinary rubber tapper who was forced to play along with the lie.

Source: Bangkok Post May 11, 2017 13:24 UTC