Waiting passenger beaten up by railway station guards

Railway officials give gift baskets to the beaten man's family at Surat Thani station on Monday. (Photo: State Railway of Thailand Public Relations Office)

A 57-year-old man was beaten by two security guards at a Surat Thani train station because he lay down and took a rest while waiting for a late-night train home.

The man suffered severe bruising and required four stitches for a cut in his head.