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Bangkok Post
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Abusive navy trainer to be discharged

Vice Adm Pokkrong Monthatphalin, spokesman for the Royal Thai Navy, says an instructor who allegedly punished new recruits by forcing them to drink semen will be discharged. (Navy photo)

The navy has jailed an instructor who allegedly punished new recruits by forcing them to drink semen and will then discharge him for a serious breach of military discipline.

Petty Officer Second Class Taksin Ngokpilai was earlier transferred to an inactive post pending an investigation into the allegations, said Vice Adm Pokkrong Monthatphalin, a Royal Thai Navy spokesman.

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