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Pity former actor Kraisorn Leelamekin, who took up his renegade son's challenge this week to get a psychiatric test. Now the world knows his medical details.
With the media in tow, Kraisorn visited a hospital in Chiang Mai, where a psychiatrist examined him for three hours. Hordes of reporters waited in anticipation for the doctor's word. Finally, it came.
''He's sane!'' he declared.
Relief from dad, who given the media bedlam which has accompanied the messy row with his son over the last two weeks, must have begun to wonder. Whoa! But what about the blood pressure?
After he arrived, Kraisorn was weighed and had his blood pressure checked, which is routine before a visit to the doctor. The male nurse examining him found his blood pressure was high, at 168/95, but Kraisorn put that down to worry since his son Petch started attacking him.
''This is a family saga which will never end,'' one media outlet predicted glumly. Latest? See you in court, son!
Kraisorn is taking Petch to court for suggesting he is a sexual deviant. Earlier, Petch accused his dad and other family members of killing his mum.
Kraisorn says he was advised to take legal action by psychiatrists who observed the row between himself and his son, and grew increasingly concerned that his son's head might not be quite right.
He believes singer Petch needs psychiatric help, and hopes court action will set events in motion - even a court order compelling his son to seek care, if it comes to that.
The former actor is challenging his son to go to the doctor of his own accord. Petch says he is happy to get an assessment done, but only if his dad had his head checked, too.
Well, dad's now done the deed, and is in the clear mentally. So how about it, Petch?
Claims that Kraisorn behaved inappropriately towards his son were first made by the two women in Petch's life _ his girlfriend, and her mother. Kraisorn has now laid a complaint with police.
The veiled sex abuse claims quickly become the latest twist in the ongoing, soap opera-like saga.
Kraisorn was married to the former queen of Thai country music, Poompuang Duangjan. They had one child by that marriage, 22-year-old Petch, who left home at 18 to live with his girlfriend, and has barely spoken to his father since.
The legal spillover from the row, which started with a family argument between Petch, dad, and his mother's family at a Suphan Buri temple (''You killed my mum!''), doesn't end there.
Petch's girlfriend is also suing Kraisorn's second wife, after she claimed the girl liked to sleep around and tried to poison Petch against his father. Kraisorn's wife, not to be outdone, is now counter-suing the pair, claiming the women defamed her, too. Watch this space. -
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| Yo |
You're doing it for King and country, girls - so don't ask for too much!
The organiser of a state-sponsored Phuket international fashion show is defending himself after some of the country's top models went to the media, complaining they had been hired for the event but were then bumped at the last minute.
They claim organisers of the 1st Phuket International Fashion Week phoned to cancel with just two days' notice, declaring they preferred cheap, ''no-name'' farang models instead.
The Thai models, who went to the media to demand justice, want compensation for work which they lost during the seven days they expected to spend in Phuket.
They have appealed to one event sponsor, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, to pay 40% of what they expected to make.
The unhappy models were joined by the head of the Kunita fashion house, who prepared 60 suits for them to parade. They put total losses in the six figures. Model Yosawadee ''Yo'' Husadiwijit, who spoke for the group, said seven or eight models were invited to a press launch for the event at Siam Paragon shopping centre.
Afterwards, organisers agreed a daily rate for the six-day show, which started last Wednesday.
''Then, out of the blue, a middleman called to say that we were no longer needed,'' she said.
Legal action was out of the question, as no one had signed a contract. ''We took the work on trust.''
All involved had cancelled work to be at the Phuket event.
''I called the organisers, who insisted they had never locked in any Thai models for the event, as it was now mainly a farang show. They had invited just two Thai models to take part,'' she said.
''The middlemen have since disappeared. The organisers called back to invite us but at a rate far below what they offered initially.''
Phuket International Fashion Week, which runs until Tuesday, is bringing together 180 models, celebrities and artists to perform 21 fashion shows and seven concerts, according to its website. Phoenix modelling agency head Traisorn Traibun, the organiser, denies the models were formally hired.
''At the press launch, some make-up artist confirmed they would be needed, but organisers never contacted them to confirm, and nor did we offer them contracts. We had a problem with their managers - they asked for too much.''
The models should make sure they secure a contract, he said, adding the firm could not be held responsible for the action of the make-up man.
''This is a show organised with the Commerce Ministry, to stimulate the economy. Other Thai talent was invited, and are in Phuket now. We want to give foreigners confidence, but instead we find Thais are arguing among themselves,'' he complained. -
They claim organisers of the 1st Phuket International Fashion Week phoned to cancel with just two days' notice, declaring they preferred cheap, ''no-name'' farang models instead.
The Thai models, who went to the media to demand justice, want compensation for work which they lost during the seven days they expected to spend in Phuket.
They have appealed to one event sponsor, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, to pay 40% of what they expected to make.
The unhappy models were joined by the head of the Kunita fashion house, who prepared 60 suits for them to parade. They put total losses in the six figures. Model Yosawadee ''Yo'' Husadiwijit, who spoke for the group, said seven or eight models were invited to a press launch for the event at Siam Paragon shopping centre.
Afterwards, organisers agreed a daily rate for the six-day show, which started last Wednesday.
''Then, out of the blue, a middleman called to say that we were no longer needed,'' she said.
Legal action was out of the question, as no one had signed a contract. ''We took the work on trust.''
All involved had cancelled work to be at the Phuket event.
''I called the organisers, who insisted they had never locked in any Thai models for the event, as it was now mainly a farang show. They had invited just two Thai models to take part,'' she said.
''The middlemen have since disappeared. The organisers called back to invite us but at a rate far below what they offered initially.''
Phuket International Fashion Week, which runs until Tuesday, is bringing together 180 models, celebrities and artists to perform 21 fashion shows and seven concerts, according to its website. Phoenix modelling agency head Traisorn Traibun, the organiser, denies the models were formally hired.
''At the press launch, some make-up artist confirmed they would be needed, but organisers never contacted them to confirm, and nor did we offer them contracts. We had a problem with their managers - they asked for too much.''
The models should make sure they secure a contract, he said, adding the firm could not be held responsible for the action of the make-up man.
''This is a show organised with the Commerce Ministry, to stimulate the economy. Other Thai talent was invited, and are in Phuket now. We want to give foreigners confidence, but instead we find Thais are arguing among themselves,'' he complained. -
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| Methee |
Model Methee Amornwuttikul now has cause to regret his call for the prime minister's head.
Red shirt supporter Methee was arrested at Bangkok's international airport last week as he returned from a visit to Vietnam.
Red shirt supporter Methee was arrested at Bangkok's international airport last week as he returned from a visit to Vietnam.
Police have charged him with breaches of the state of emergency declared in April, when the government came under attack by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the red-clad movement which supports former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
He is also charged with inciting insurrection, after Methee, speaking on the UDD's protest stage at Government House, encouraged the crowds to trap Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, cut off his head and put it on a spike.
Methee, who has since secured bail on a 500,000 baht bond, says he was expecting the arrest. Did someone give him the head's up?
He left for the brief Vietnam trip before a warrant had been issued, and heard about it while he was away.
He says he has missed out on roles in two television soap operas, after PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey, a member of Mr Abhisit's Democrat Party, asked TV stations to stop giving airtime to anyone who supported the red shirts.
He is also charged with inciting insurrection, after Methee, speaking on the UDD's protest stage at Government House, encouraged the crowds to trap Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, cut off his head and put it on a spike.
Methee, who has since secured bail on a 500,000 baht bond, says he was expecting the arrest. Did someone give him the head's up?
He left for the brief Vietnam trip before a warrant had been issued, and heard about it while he was away.
He says he has missed out on roles in two television soap operas, after PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey, a member of Mr Abhisit's Democrat Party, asked TV stations to stop giving airtime to anyone who supported the red shirts.
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