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Performers who backed the People’s Democratic Reform Committee in Bangkok are being forced out of work in red shirt-sympathetic provinces.
Red shirts have forced the cancellation of several concerts by leading lights of the PDRC protest movement in the past week.
Singers Joe Nuvo, Pongsak “Aof” Rattanaphong and Pongpat “Aof” Wachirabunjong have been forced to scrap plans to play in the provinces after local red shirts threatened to cause strife at the pubs and hotels that hired them.
Little has been heard from the performers since the pubs and hotels started cancelling their acts. The nightspot owners themselves, however, are upset, saying they did not know the performers they hired had signed up to a political cause.
Taweesak Thongjamrats, owner of the Pak Pong pub in Chiang Mai which hired Aof Pongsak to perform, said he is now out of pocket to the tune of 425,000 baht after being forced to cancel Aof’s Feb 24 mini-concert.
Mr Thaweesak said he cancelled the show a mere four hours before Aof was due to perform. “I could not guarantee the safety of my guests if the show went ahead,” he said.
Local red shirts had urged him to call off the concert, and on the night Aof was due to perform turned up as guests to make sure he did not take the stage.
The red shirt group of about 12 was led by a local DJ, Kanyapak “Ohm” Manijak.
Mr Thaweesak said the Aof concert saga appears to have scared off customers, as patronage had plunged. However, he expected the bad publicity would pass.
“I’m not angry, but regard this as a lesson. Next time we will have to be more careful about who we hire,” he said.
DJ Ohm said Aof had made his political allegiance clear when he joined PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban to collect donations for stricken rice farmers on Jan 10. He was not welcome in the province and red shirts would turn up at whichever venue tried to hire him, she said.
Aof is one of the few performers to speak out since his act was cancelled. Writing on Facebook, he said: “I am smiling in the face of adversity, even though in my heart I’m actually a bit scared.”
Meanwhile, red shirts in Nakhon Phanom have forced the cancellation of a mini-concert today by Jirayut “Joe Nuvo” Wattansil.
On Wednesday, about 200 red shirts from the local chapter surrounded the Tawanna 2004 pub and restaurant which had booked Joe to perform.
Local UDD leader Somsri Sommerkhon said Joe, a regular on the PDRC stage, had spoken down to the red shirts and grassroots people generally, and that if the pub didn’t call off his concert, the red shirts would come back with 500 supporters and chase him out of town.
“We won’t let any performers who support the PDRC cause step foot in this province, or anywhere nearby,” she said.
The pub’s manager negotiated with the red shirts, who surrounded the pub in about 30 vehicles, for half an hour.
He did not know Joe supported the PDRC. If the red shirts did not want him there, he would call off the show.
Red shirts also forced the cancellation of a concert last night by rocker Pongpat “Aof” Wachirabunjong at the Mai Thai hotel in Roi Et province.
Its owner said he was worried about local red shirt reaction if the show went ahead. Aof would be invited back once the political situation settles down. -
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Actress Preem Kannaphat says she is too scared to go home after a man broke into her home and attempted to rape her.
The Exact Entertainment actress is recovering at a relative’s place after the attack last Saturday left her with serious facial wounds.
Preem, 26, said she was drifting off to sleep on the second storey of her home in Nonthaburi’s Bang Sri Muang sub-district when she heard a noise at the door. Moments later, a masked man jumped on her and threatened to hit her if she made a noise.
The actress put up a struggle and threw the man off, while also managing to pull off his mask. The man hit her repeatedly on the face and body, but Preem was able to make it to the veranda and call out to a neighbour for help.
Her attacker made his escape, while Preem’s neighbour took her to hospital, where her wounds required 40 stitches.
Now out of danger, Preem says while her physical wounds are healing well, she is left with mental scars which she suspects will take longer to fix. ‘‘I’m still having nightmares and am too scared to go home,’’ she said.
Police have arrested a labourer, Prachuab Phubualom, 23, for the attack. They say the accused was carrying out roadworks outside the actress’s home the week before and noticed two cars outside.
He kept the house under watch, they say, and on the day of the attack noticed only one car at her place.
Mr Prachuab, they say, climbed to the second storey of Preem’s house and let himself in through an unlocked sliding door. They say he merely intended to rob the place, but after seeing the actress he attacked her.
Preem has laid charges of attempted rape, assault causing serious injury and breaking and entering. “I intend pursuing it to the end, to make sure the suspect can attack no one else,” she said. -
Presenter Leena Jung told her cable TV show recently she had heard Krit had a lizard tattooed on his penis to improve his fortunes.
Krit, 34, however, insists it’s not true.
“My body is clean of tattoos, even down there. I don’t believe we can boost our fortunes in that way anyway,” he said.
Krit, who says he is single and open to offers, is also known for co-presenting a show on ghosts and the supernatural. “I understand that fans might be interested in such things, but I suspect someone is just having a bit of fun,” he said, referring to the tattoo rumour.
“I believe in fate, and Buddhism, and might wear an amulet to ward off ghosts. But I do not believe in the power of tattoos,” he said.
Actress Preem Kannaphat says she is too scared to go home after a man broke into her home and attempted to rape her.
The Exact Entertainment actress is recovering at a relative’s place after the attack last Saturday left her with serious facial wounds.
Preem, 26, said she was drifting off to sleep on the second storey of her home in Nonthaburi’s Bang Sri Muang sub-district when she heard a noise at the door. Moments later, a masked man jumped on her and threatened to hit her if she made a noise.
The actress put up a struggle and threw the man off, while also managing to pull off his mask. The man hit her repeatedly on the face and body, but Preem was able to make it to the veranda and call out to a neighbour for help.
Her attacker made his escape, while Preem’s neighbour took her to hospital, where her wounds required 40 stitches.
Now out of danger, Preem says while her physical wounds are healing well, she is left with mental scars which she suspects will take longer to fix. ‘‘I’m still having nightmares and am too scared to go home,’’ she said.
Police have arrested a labourer, Prachuab Phubualom, 23, for the attack. They say the accused was carrying out roadworks outside the actress’s home the week before and noticed two cars outside.
He kept the house under watch, they say, and on the day of the attack noticed only one car at her place.
Mr Prachuab, they say, climbed to the second storey of Preem’s house and let himself in through an unlocked sliding door. They say he merely intended to rob the place, but after seeing the actress he attacked her.
Preem has laid charges of attempted rape, assault causing serious injury and breaking and entering. “I intend pursuing it to the end, to make sure the suspect can attack no one else,” she said. -
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Celebrity DJ Krit Sripoomset denies rumours he had a lizard tattooed on his private parts to enhance his luck with women.
Celebrity DJ Krit Sripoomset denies rumours he had a lizard tattooed on his private parts to enhance his luck with women.
Presenter Leena Jung told her cable TV show recently she had heard Krit had a lizard tattooed on his penis to improve his fortunes.
Krit, 34, however, insists it’s not true.
“My body is clean of tattoos, even down there. I don’t believe we can boost our fortunes in that way anyway,” he said.
Krit, who says he is single and open to offers, is also known for co-presenting a show on ghosts and the supernatural. “I understand that fans might be interested in such things, but I suspect someone is just having a bit of fun,” he said, referring to the tattoo rumour.
“I believe in fate, and Buddhism, and might wear an amulet to ward off ghosts. But I do not believe in the power of tattoos,” he said.
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