A young Australian man says he has been wrongly accused of assault after he was bashed in Thailand and left with serious facial injuries. Jack Hansen-Bartel, 21, required three operations after his teeth were knocked out and his jaw bone was shattered in a nightclub in Koh Sumai in Thailand on June 10 last year. But when he attended a hearing against the American students, Raymond Chang and Ryan Wang, charged with assaulting him, he was instead arrested and accused of ‘molesting’ female student Tiffany Mariko Turner. Mr Hansen-Bartel and his family, who are originally from Melbourne but have lived in Bangkok for more than 15 years, claim he has been unfairly targeted and say CCTV footage proves his side of the story, the ABC report.Jack Hansen-Bartel, 21, was bashed in Koh Sumai nightclub in ThailandAmericans Raymond Chang and Ryan Wang were charged with the assaultMr Hansen-Bartel was later arrested and accused of 'molesting' a womanThe Australian now claims CCTV footage proves his innocenceHe had met Tiffany Mariko Turner earlier that day before altercation
The footage shows Mr Hansen-_ walk away, before he is joined by his brother and friends at another bar, before returning again to Green Mango.