Thai Cave Rescue: Prime Minister Says Boys Given Anti-Anxiety Medication

Rescue teams inside the Tham Luang caves where 13 members of an Under 16 soccer team were trapped in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, on June 25, 2018. Stringer/Reuters

Thailand’s prime minister said that 12 boys who were rescued from a flooded cave were given an anti-anxiety medication to help with the rescue.

Asked at a weekly news conference on Tuesday if the boys were sedated, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha told The Associated Press: “Who would chloroform them? If they’re chloroformed, how could they come out?”