A female Muay Thai fighter who hit back when she was assaulted by having a drink poured over her head says she fears other girls might not be able to stand up for themselves.

Pareploy Saeaia, 25, was eating at a street food restaurant when she spurned the advances of Chainarong Mareejan, 35, who tried to clink his glass with her in Bangkok, Thailand, in the early hours of Sunday morning February 6.

Pareploy rejected his advances and CCTV footage shows how he responded by casually walking over to her table and emptying a pint of beer all over her. Chainarong was unaware that attractive Pareploy had been taking part in notoriously tough Muay Thai fights since she was 13 - winning dozens of professional national competitions.

Furious Pareploy leapt from her seat and literally hit back, by yelling and offering the alleged attacker a chance to fight her 'if you're so tough'. As he walked away, she angrily launched several fly kicks at his legs and had to be held back by friends during the scuffle.

Footage of the incident emerged and Chainarong was sacked by his employer, the five star Swissotel - while police became involved and fined both of them.

Speaking in an interview, Pareploy said she fears that other women who experience similar sexual harassment will not be able to stand up for themselves - and if they do, could be targeted themselves by police.

The defiant athlete, who does not regret fighting back, said: 'The truth is I did not start the whole thing but I was charged with assault.

'So I think if I didn’t post the video, I could be the only person taking all the blame.

'Thai law rarely protects anything. It means that I had to let the man go after pouring water on me, and just go report to the police and let the man be fined? What about my rights? The humiliation I had to go through?

'It’s not fair for women. Not fair at all. I fear that for other cases without media attention, women will not be dealt with fairly.'

Pareploy and Chainarong had to apologise to each other at the local police station and they both paid a 1,000 baht fine (22.58 GBP). The man was fined 500 baht for pouring his beer on the girl and 500 baht for affray. The female boxer was charged 500 baht for assault and 500 for affray.

Chainarong was sacked from his job at the prestigious hotel in the Ratchada area of the city. He apologised for the incident.

He said: 'I should not have done that to the girl. It caused the confrontation so I'm sorry for that. I regret what has happened.'

The Swissotel Bangkok Ratchada said in a statement: 'We don't support the actions that were seen in the video. He is no longer our employee and we have cut all connections with him.'

Police in the Huai Khwang district of the city said the case was now closed and no further action was being taken against those involved as they had both accepted the fine and apologised to each other.