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Actor/presenter Kanchai ''Noom'' Kamnerdploi is suing his step-mother Wimolrat and her son Akkara over the 100 million estate estate left by his father, amulet collector Prakob.
Rather than keeping the dispute private as advised by the court, Noom and his niece, representing the defendants, called in to a morning radio show this week to battle it out.
Noom claims his step-mother had given him nothing from his father's estate. He took exception when niece Ploypailin, for the other side, portrayed him as an ungrateful son with a short memory.
Noom has now filed a criminal defamation suit against Ploypailin. If that wasn't enough, his step-mother, aged 74, has waded in, saying she had always regarded Noom as her son. Since he decided to sue, she realised sadly that it was not so.
A tearful Wilmolrat says she feels sorry for Noom, who was the only son of a minor wife. She gave him whatever he wanted, and was distressed to hear him refer to her as a mere stepmum.
The two parties were called to their first conciliation meeting on
Tuesday. They failed to reach agreement.
Noom's father Prakob, who died intestate five years ago, had four wives, children by two of them.
Prakob had three sons by Wilmolrat, his first wife, whom the heirs appointed administrator of the estate.
He also had a fourth child, Noom, by his third wife, who died in her 30s.
Noom, who stayed with his stepmother after his birth mother died, says Wilmolrat did not treat him as an equal. He was forced to sleep in the driver's quarters, and wash his clothes with the servants.
For Noom's neice Ploypailin, daughter of Chetta, Wilmolrat's eldest son, this was too much.
''We don't tell people where to sleep. We have no driver's quarters. This is not some trashy Thai soap opera. He makes us laugh, as we know better,'' she told the radio show.
Last year, she says, Noom ''borrowed'' a statue worth 10m baht from her grandmother's home, and refused all family requests that he return it.
The family gave him 2.2m baht when his father died five years ago. In December 2007, his step-mother gave him a cheque for 200,000 baht as a New Year's present.
''I ask him, how can he deny ever receiving it, when the other children get nothing?''
Noom actor claims his stepmother asked him to sell the statue. He disagreed, as it represented part of his father's estate. He is holding on to it in the meantime for ''safekeeping''.
In response to his niece's assertions that his claims belong in a trashy Thai soap opera, Noom says he has a witness to back his claims that he was treated no better than hired help. ''My life was more Cinderella-like than you can imagine.''
As for the 200,000 baht cheque, he says his step-mother actually gave to his then-girlfriend, actress May Fuengarom. The 2.2m baht came from someone outside the family.
The actor claims that while he has been given nothing, his step-mother has transferred assets from his father's estate to others inappropriately.
He has asked the civil court in Thon Buri to appoint a new administrator. It set a new hearing for May 27, when it wants to see details of the estate. -
Noom's father Prakob, who died intestate five years ago, had four wives, children by two of them.
Prakob had three sons by Wilmolrat, his first wife, whom the heirs appointed administrator of the estate.
He also had a fourth child, Noom, by his third wife, who died in her 30s.
Noom, who stayed with his stepmother after his birth mother died, says Wilmolrat did not treat him as an equal. He was forced to sleep in the driver's quarters, and wash his clothes with the servants.
For Noom's neice Ploypailin, daughter of Chetta, Wilmolrat's eldest son, this was too much.
''We don't tell people where to sleep. We have no driver's quarters. This is not some trashy Thai soap opera. He makes us laugh, as we know better,'' she told the radio show.
Last year, she says, Noom ''borrowed'' a statue worth 10m baht from her grandmother's home, and refused all family requests that he return it.
The family gave him 2.2m baht when his father died five years ago. In December 2007, his step-mother gave him a cheque for 200,000 baht as a New Year's present.
''I ask him, how can he deny ever receiving it, when the other children get nothing?''
Noom actor claims his stepmother asked him to sell the statue. He disagreed, as it represented part of his father's estate. He is holding on to it in the meantime for ''safekeeping''.
In response to his niece's assertions that his claims belong in a trashy Thai soap opera, Noom says he has a witness to back his claims that he was treated no better than hired help. ''My life was more Cinderella-like than you can imagine.''
As for the 200,000 baht cheque, he says his step-mother actually gave to his then-girlfriend, actress May Fuengarom. The 2.2m baht came from someone outside the family.
The actor claims that while he has been given nothing, his step-mother has transferred assets from his father's estate to others inappropriately.
He has asked the civil court in Thon Buri to appoint a new administrator. It set a new hearing for May 27, when it wants to see details of the estate. -
2.
Hard man Ad Carabao has cleaned up his act, after a doctor warned that
he risked getting liver cancer if he didn't cut down on the booze.
Yuenyong Ophakul, lead singer of the Thai folk rock band, Carabao, says he once drank a litre of hard liquor a day. He has now quit drinking, sleeps better and gets more exercise, as he wants to be around long enough to gaze into his grandchildren's eyes.
''I have been off the booze nine months now. I get six hours of sleep a day, run 50 minutes a day. I also cycle. I'm eating normally, and even drinking milk.
''A doctor warned me that fat was settling in my pancreas, which could develop into cancer.''
Ad says he feels better now that he has embarked on a healthier lifestyle.
''My wild days are over. It's time I started saving my energy to play with my grandchildren instead.'' -
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Yuenyong Ophakul, lead singer of the Thai folk rock band, Carabao, says he once drank a litre of hard liquor a day. He has now quit drinking, sleeps better and gets more exercise, as he wants to be around long enough to gaze into his grandchildren's eyes.
''I have been off the booze nine months now. I get six hours of sleep a day, run 50 minutes a day. I also cycle. I'm eating normally, and even drinking milk.
''A doctor warned me that fat was settling in my pancreas, which could develop into cancer.''
Ad says he feels better now that he has embarked on a healthier lifestyle.
''My wild days are over. It's time I started saving my energy to play with my grandchildren instead.'' -
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Model Chollada "Kae" Mekratri is brushing off her new image as a
supergirl, after she came to the aid of a family whose car overturned
on a city highway - and stood up on behalf of all Thais against a
racist attack in Paris.
Kae was driving home on the Bang Na-Trat highway one night after work recently, when the car in front overturned. The occupants, a family of four, were injured. She took them to hospital.
''I did what anyone else would have done,'' says the model, brushing off the 'supergirl' tag, bestowed on her by one media outfit.
''The family was lucky, as the person travelling in front was a doctor, who also came to their aid. They were cut and their bodies covered in broken glass.
''I took them to hospital, while trying to stop the bleeding. It was scary, as I can't stand the sight of blood.''
Last month, Kae was praised for another gutsy performance, when she argued with a grumpy, racist official from Turkish Airlines.
Kae had visited Paris to make a TV show. She was part of a large group of Thais, on their way back to Bangkok on a Turkish Airlines flight when they were stopped at Charles De Gaulle airport by the official, a Frenchman called Mr Laba.
He was unhappy that a bag carried by one passenger in her group exceeded the weight limit, but the row quickly escalated.
''I stepped in to help, as neither the passenger with the bag nor Mr Laba had much English. He demanded I speak French. I suggested we try English.
''He referred to us as 'Asians' throughout, tried to put ''black-haired’ people and Caucasians into separate queues, and told a colleague that Asians should be driven out.''
Laba also grumbled that they were on economy tickets, as if Kae and her group didn't have the right to decent service.
''I called out to passengers in the airport to put up their hands if they were travelling economy. I felt nervous, but Thais' blood is strong, especially when someone insults us.
''Eighty per cent put up their hands. Laba was in a tight spot. He asked me why I had to make such a scene.''
A member of Kae's party filmed the row, which made it onto Thai television. After getting home, Kae complained to Turkish Airlines, which has since apologised.-
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Kae was driving home on the Bang Na-Trat highway one night after work recently, when the car in front overturned. The occupants, a family of four, were injured. She took them to hospital.
''I did what anyone else would have done,'' says the model, brushing off the 'supergirl' tag, bestowed on her by one media outfit.
''The family was lucky, as the person travelling in front was a doctor, who also came to their aid. They were cut and their bodies covered in broken glass.
''I took them to hospital, while trying to stop the bleeding. It was scary, as I can't stand the sight of blood.''
Last month, Kae was praised for another gutsy performance, when she argued with a grumpy, racist official from Turkish Airlines.
Kae had visited Paris to make a TV show. She was part of a large group of Thais, on their way back to Bangkok on a Turkish Airlines flight when they were stopped at Charles De Gaulle airport by the official, a Frenchman called Mr Laba.
He was unhappy that a bag carried by one passenger in her group exceeded the weight limit, but the row quickly escalated.
''I stepped in to help, as neither the passenger with the bag nor Mr Laba had much English. He demanded I speak French. I suggested we try English.
''He referred to us as 'Asians' throughout, tried to put ''black-haired’ people and Caucasians into separate queues, and told a colleague that Asians should be driven out.''
Laba also grumbled that they were on economy tickets, as if Kae and her group didn't have the right to decent service.
''I called out to passengers in the airport to put up their hands if they were travelling economy. I felt nervous, but Thais' blood is strong, especially when someone insults us.
''Eighty per cent put up their hands. Laba was in a tight spot. He asked me why I had to make such a scene.''
A member of Kae's party filmed the row, which made it onto Thai television. After getting home, Kae complained to Turkish Airlines, which has since apologised.-
4.
Model Yingmaen is denying rumours that Chulalongkorn University
retired her for poor grades.
She has decided to resit term two in the hope of doing better next
time, but she denies Chulalongkorn booted out to make way for someone more diligent.
''I am not a good student. I have a short attention span. I have
decided to drop the last term, and resit it in August,' says Yingmaen real name, MR Mannarumas Yukol).
''However, no one has retired me - that's rubbish.''
Yingmaen intends to spend a couple of months in New York relaxing first. She won't bother her head with worries over study, she says.
''My academic performance is a matter between me and the university. How can it be made public? I would rather not be famous than to have my results paraded about for the whole nation to see,'' she complained.
Yingmaen recently broke up with model Parunyou ''Tack'' Rojanavudtitham, who urged her to spend more time studying and less time sniping at him on the internet.
At a fashion event this week, Yingmaen came face to face with one of Tack and one of his old flings, Nutcha ''Ploy - Little Voice'' Sawatrukkiate.
A few months ago, reporters were delighted to catch her bursting into tears after she learned that Tack, a notorious Romeo, had been sighted in a cosy twosome with Little Voice at the city airport.
''If I knew she was going to be here, I wouldn't have come,'' says Yingmaen ruefully.
Yingmaen, my dear - you can't get hurt reading books. They're still waiting for you.
She has decided to resit term two in the hope of doing better next
time, but she denies Chulalongkorn booted out to make way for someone more diligent.
''I am not a good student. I have a short attention span. I have
decided to drop the last term, and resit it in August,' says Yingmaen real name, MR Mannarumas Yukol).
''However, no one has retired me - that's rubbish.''
Yingmaen intends to spend a couple of months in New York relaxing first. She won't bother her head with worries over study, she says.
''My academic performance is a matter between me and the university. How can it be made public? I would rather not be famous than to have my results paraded about for the whole nation to see,'' she complained.
Yingmaen recently broke up with model Parunyou ''Tack'' Rojanavudtitham, who urged her to spend more time studying and less time sniping at him on the internet.
At a fashion event this week, Yingmaen came face to face with one of Tack and one of his old flings, Nutcha ''Ploy - Little Voice'' Sawatrukkiate.
A few months ago, reporters were delighted to catch her bursting into tears after she learned that Tack, a notorious Romeo, had been sighted in a cosy twosome with Little Voice at the city airport.
''If I knew she was going to be here, I wouldn't have come,'' says Yingmaen ruefully.
Yingmaen, my dear - you can't get hurt reading books. They're still waiting for you.
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