When most dads say they’ll handle their son’s mess, they usually mean emotionally. Not Arnon Rodthong, Thailand’s durian king, just put a literal bounty on his son’s mistress in public.
Arnon Rodthong, a 65-year-old tycoon who owns Thailand’s largest durian orchard, went viral for offering 30,000 baht (around $900) to anyone who would slap his married son’s mistress at least ten times.
Yeah, ten precise smacks, payable in cash.
Rodthong claimed his outburst came from protecting his innocent daughter-in-law. His son Chai reportedly left his wife and child for On, a woman who had previously dated another family member, possibly his nephew or grandson. She’d joined the family business as an accountant and, according to Rodthong, climbed the ladder seducing his son.
The furious father even promised to cover any police fines for whoever took him up on the offer.
After social media (and probably his lawyer) collectively screamed “What are you doing?”, Rodthong deleted the post, stacked a million baht on the table to prove he could pay, then backed down. He later announced he’d cut all ties with his son and transfer all Chai’s assets to his granddaughter instead.
Look, if the woman was truly manipulative and tearing the family apart, there were a dozen legal and strategic ways to handle it.
I mean, hire investigators, bring in mediators, freeze the son’s assets, hell, even make a PR statement about family honor if you want drama. But offering cash for assault?
That’s crossing from concerned father to a mob boss with dark web access.
What makes it even wilder is that this guy isn’t some random hothead, for god’s sake, he’s a 65-year-old millionaire businessman who’s run a massive durian empire for decades. You’d expect that kind of man to handle conflict with control and calculation.
Instead, he let pure rage override reason and blasted his family problems onto social media for the whole country (and now the world) to meme.
It’s the classic power meets pride situation. When people with wealth get emotionally cornered, they forget they have options because money doesn’t buy emotional intelligence.
In the end, he did calm down and reversed his offer after talking to his lawyer, but the damage was done. You can’t un-ring the bell once you’ve put a bounty on someone’s face.
THE WHY: RAGE
4/5 stars for this one. Watching a millionaire offer cash for assault over a love triangle that loops through your own family tree isn’t the kind of justice you think you’re getting. It’s a soap opera with subtitles and bail money.
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