My wife had two encounters where a stranger ran up to her, started filming her, and said something in Thai, and then ran away. Can anyone explain what happened?

My wife has experienced a similar situation twice. Once, it was near a shopping mall in central Bangkok. A young man simply ran up to her and started filming her, saying something in Thai for 20-30 seconds. She tried to ignore him, but eventually said she’d call the police, and he ran away.

The second time, something similar happened: a man on a motorbike slowly drove by and filmed her silently. After she asked, «Why are you filming me?» he quickly drove away.

Both times, she was alone and it was daytime. She wasn’t wearing provocative clothing and wasn’t doing anything special, just walking down the street. She doesn’t look Thai; she looks European. The first time, I thought it was just a weird teenager, but when it happened again with an older man, I became curious about what it meant and whether anyone had experienced something similar.

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