'Shock and dismay': Thai pop idol condemned for Nazi swastika T-shirt

NEWS: A member of Thailand's most popular all-girl band wore a shirt portraying Nazi Germany's state flag with a swastika emblazoned across it during a televised rehearsal.

น้ำใส นักร้องวง BNK48 ใส่เสื้อที่มีสัญลักษณ์สวัสดิกะ ในการซ้อมคอนเสิร์ต ที่ถ่ายทอดสดไปทั่วประเทศไทย (True ID TV)

น้ำใส นักร้องวง BNK48 ใส่เสื้อที่มีสัญลักษณ์สวัสดิกะ ในการซ้อมคอนเสิร์ต ที่ถ่ายทอดสดไปทั่วประเทศไทย Source: True ID TV

A member of Thailand's most popular all-girl band has apologised for wearing a shirt with a Nazi flag featuring a swastika, after her TV appearance Friday drew "shock and dismay" from the Israeli embassy.

Images of Hitler, swastikas and other Nazi regalia are fairly commonplace on T-shirts and memorabilia in Thailand, a phenomenon blamed on a lack of historical understanding rather than political leanings. 

The latest faux pas was committed by Pichayapa "Namsai" Natha, one of the singers of BNK48, when she wore the red-and-black top complete with swastika during the group's rehearsal.

You can read the full article in English here.


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Source: AFP, SBS




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