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Media reports said Keng was taken against his will to Pattaya to settle an outstanding football gambling debt amounting to millions of baht.
Keng (Sin Sisters 2), who was alarmed by the reports, emerged early on Thursday to claim that uniformed men who gripped him in a headlock were just friends playing around.
"We went out for a boys' night on the town. My friends are upset by the reports that they actually tried to do me harm.''
The model and occasional actor declared he was safe and sound, despite reports circulating the night before that he was thrown into a van by a group of heavies and carted off to Pattaya.
Keng's nephew, Jareuk Suansri, 31, told reporters on Wednesday that he feared for Keng's safety after security guards at the Mall department store in Ngam Wong Wan witnessed Keng being taken away.
Keng left his white Porsche sports car in the store's basement car park at 6pm and entered the mall. An hour later, he returned to the car park.
Security guards told Nonthaburi police that a gang of three or four men wearing traffic police uniforms intercepted Keng. They put him in a headlock and bundled them into their police van.
Keng's nephew Jareuk said Keng called him hours after he left the mall to say that the head of a gambling ring was taking him to Pattaya.
Jareuk said Keng told him to pick up the car and join them. He also asked him to contact his father for help.
He went to the mall at Keng's request, and attempted to leave the car park in the Porsche. However, he was stopped by security, as he didn't have Keng's parking pass.
By early Thursday, however, Keng had made a miracle re-appearance at the mall to reclaim his vehicle, looking no worse for the wear as a result of his overnight adventure.
He insisted the media, police, and security guards all had it wrong. Keng said his business partner in Pattaya, "B'', had turned up at the mall to meet him with some of his friends, who are traffic police and also serve as his guards.
His nephew misunderstood what was going on, as he relied on over-excited accounts by security guards who thought he had run into mischief. "When they saw the police van arrive, and Jareuk attempting to take my car, they assumed something had happened,'' he said, denying he likes to gamble.
"People are inclined to think the worst where I am concerned. It's almost enough to make me want to change my name.''
The nephew of a famous likay singer, Keng has a history of trouble with the law, which includes a conviction for a sex-related offence. "I have a hot temper, and run into trouble with women,'' he said. "I'm trying to reform, though dramas like this don't help.'' -
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Actress Paula Taylor is three months pregnant, barely a month after marrying her Thai/Chinese boyfriend, Edward Buttery.
Last week, Paula told Thai Rath newspaper from the UK, where Edward is studying, that she was delighted by the news, which she regards as a New Year's gift. The couple were married in Bangkok on Dec 22.
She told journalists before her wedding that she hadn't yet thought about making babies, as she wanted to wait until the middle of the year, when Edward finishes studying.
Edward is staying with her in the UK. The couple plan to have the baby there.
Paula denied travelling to the UK to escape public criticism for having sex before marriage. "We had long planned to travel to Britain after our wedding, as Edward is still studying here,'' she said. -
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| Paula, Edward |
Last week, Paula told Thai Rath newspaper from the UK, where Edward is studying, that she was delighted by the news, which she regards as a New Year's gift. The couple were married in Bangkok on Dec 22.
She told journalists before her wedding that she hadn't yet thought about making babies, as she wanted to wait until the middle of the year, when Edward finishes studying.
Edward is staying with her in the UK. The couple plan to have the baby there.
Paula denied travelling to the UK to escape public criticism for having sex before marriage. "We had long planned to travel to Britain after our wedding, as Edward is still studying here,'' she said. -
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A tomboy was able to meet some of her favourite movie stars in the flesh, though not in the way she might have hoped.
Director Poj Anon and two actors from his comedy horror, Hor Taew Taek Waek Chi Mi, turned up at Lad Tanord police station in Nonthaburi to point the finger at a tomboy charged with film piracy.
Police have charged Mina Mankong with breach of copyright after she took a hidden camera into the Esplanade Cineplex in Rattanathibet on Jan 6 and allegedly attempted to make a pirated copy of Poj's movie as it played on screen.
Poj turned up at the police station with actors Paranyu "Tack'' Rojanavudtitham and "Koti'' Aramboi, who appear in the movie, to make a plea through the media to spare a thought for the entertainment industry. The movie had opened the same day.
Cinema staff said their suspicions were aroused that Ms Mina may have been secretly recording the film when they noticed her moving her body from side to side, and watching the ground rather than the screen.
When staff asked Ms Mina to step outside, they found a button-hole camera concealed in her shirt.
The filming gear included a remote portable screen, which she had placed in front of her.
Denying she intended to pirate the film, Ms Mina said a food seller at Pra Ram 9 hospital gave her the camera to play with, and she took it there to try it out.
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| From left, Mina, Poj, Koti, Tack |
Director Poj Anon and two actors from his comedy horror, Hor Taew Taek Waek Chi Mi, turned up at Lad Tanord police station in Nonthaburi to point the finger at a tomboy charged with film piracy.
Police have charged Mina Mankong with breach of copyright after she took a hidden camera into the Esplanade Cineplex in Rattanathibet on Jan 6 and allegedly attempted to make a pirated copy of Poj's movie as it played on screen.
Poj turned up at the police station with actors Paranyu "Tack'' Rojanavudtitham and "Koti'' Aramboi, who appear in the movie, to make a plea through the media to spare a thought for the entertainment industry. The movie had opened the same day.
Cinema staff said their suspicions were aroused that Ms Mina may have been secretly recording the film when they noticed her moving her body from side to side, and watching the ground rather than the screen.
When staff asked Ms Mina to step outside, they found a button-hole camera concealed in her shirt.
The filming gear included a remote portable screen, which she had placed in front of her.
Denying she intended to pirate the film, Ms Mina said a food seller at Pra Ram 9 hospital gave her the camera to play with, and she took it there to try it out.
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