Official resigns over drunken hotel theft

A Thai official caught on camera drunkenly stealing paintings from a Japanese hotel said on Tuesday he will resign.

News of the incident first emerged last week when Japanese media reported that the official had been arrested trying to steal three paintings from a hotel in Kyoto.

Hotel staff noticed the paintings - worth around $125 - were missing, checked the building's CCTV and swiftly identified the culprit, Suphat Saguandeekul, a 60-year-old official with Thailand's Commerce Ministry.