Hotel head chef seen assaulting inept intern

When she failed to act quickly enough, the chef began scolding her with harsh language before approaching and slapping her head, then striking her arm with a spatula - and it was recorded by a security camera. (Photo: Feunglatda Kongeard)

PHUKET - A head chef was seen slapping a 20-year-old intern's head, striking her arm with a spatula and forcing her to eat undercooked rice in front of other workers in security camera footage from inside a hotel kitchen in Patong.

Recorded around noon on July 18, the video shows the chef, a woman, approaching the intern before slapping her head with her hand, striking her arm with a spatula and then slapping her head a second time.