Senator Boonsong Kowawisarat took out a 9mm Uzi submachine gun while waiting for food, the Bangkok Post reported.
He told police the gun accidentally discharged and his secretary was shot in the stomach.
Police have yet to arrest the senator – a member of the upper house of the Thai parliament – as he is protected by parliamentary privilege, the Bangkok Post reported.



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