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Tum declared last month she had broken up with her policeman lover, Pol Lt Col Attapol "Aun" Ittayorpasakul, a one-time social media icon feted for his good looks, after he asked her for money to buy a police promotion, and started seeing Mor Air.
Mor Air, who is spokeswoman for the Police General Hospital and works in the psychiatry and drug addiction unit, laid an earlier complaint against Tum last month when their dispute first flared publicly.
She said Tum had kept up her attacks on Facebook despite the complaint, so she had decided to pursue the matter further.
Mor Air came face to face with her nemesis earlier last week when Tum turned up uninvited to a press conference she had called to withdraw her shares from a city beauty clinic.
Mor Air, accompanied by her lawyer, called the media to the Air Clinic in South Sathon Road to withdraw her shareholding from the clinic to protect its name as her dispute with the socialite widened.
"I am pulling out my shares because I don’t want my personal troubles affecting the business," she said, referring to her dispute with Tum.
The wealthy socialite turned up in the closing moments, accusing Mor Air of trying to drum up publicity for the clinic and pressing her claims that she had tried to wrest her lover away.
Mor Air and Aun, the deputy commander of crime suppression at Suthisan police station, insist they are merely friends brought together by work.
"If you have something to say, just say it to my face," Tum said angrily to Mor Air, barely making eye contact.
As Tum berated her in front of the media, Mor Air and her lawyer stood in the corner silently. When she had finished, they quickly retreated into the clinic.
Seattle-educated Tum, the daughter of a car magnate and deputy president of Directional Automobiles Development Company in Wang Thong Lang, said she and policeman Aun had hoped to get married next year.
"I confirm she tried to drive us apart. Our parents knew we had planned to get married," Tum said, brandishing a picture with an accompanying caption in which Aun’s mother refers to Tum as her future daughter-in-law.
She admitted criticising Mor Air on Facebook, but said she was not scared of legal action as she had proof to back her claims.
Laying her second complaint with police on Thursday, Mor Air denied she was seeking revenge for Tum’s decision to crash her press conference. Aun, who has stayed mostly silent during the latest flare-up in the row, repeated his denial last week that he had asked to borrow money from Tum to buy a promotion.
"We split up for personal reasons, but money was not a factor. I never tricked her or defrauded her. We gave things to each other, and discussed the future like any other couple, but did not get engaged, and nor did our parents meet," he insisted.
Netizens are revelling in the details, pushing the story to one of the most popular on the local internet. National police chief Somyot Pumpunmuang said the dispute was a personal matter which Aun and his former partner would have to sort out themselves. He was sure it would not affect the force, even though it involves two high-profile young police. -
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Director Poj Anon’s dispute with a young man who criticised the
quality of his work has ended happily, with Poj agreeing to withdraw a
defamation complaint he had laid with police.
Poj, tiring of a decade of taunts that he makes low-quality films,
declared early this month he was taking legal action against a netizen
who criticised his latest effort, a teen comedy set in tsunami-ravaged
Phuket.
Poj, who laid a defamation complaint with Technology Crime Suppression Division police, vowed he would pursue the matter to the end.
"A netizen has weighed into my latest effort, even though it hasn’t hit the cinemas yet," he complained. "He claimed rudely that I have no skills, I make low-budget movies and trick people into watching them," he grumbled.
Poj’s latest ghost-comedy, Mor 6/5 Pak Ma Ta Pee 3, for Phranakorn Film, follows the exploits of a group of secondary students who manage to dodge the tsunami in Phuket, but are haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 victims in a deserted hotel.
The outspoken director with a flair for publicity said last week he has since had the chance to talk to his young critic, who writes under the Facebook name Nonnee Kee Mai Raad.
"I have asked him and his mother to go and see the film, and report back on Facebook what he thinks of it," he said.
Poj said he had also invited his young critic to join him on the set of an upcoming film project.
"I am giving him a chance to learn whether the production process really is the way he seems to think," adding he would pay the young man a wage for his troubles.
Poj revealed he took his decision to withdraw the complaint after talking to the young man’s mother.
"I don’t like seeing the mother upset because of trouble her son has caused. When we do wrong in this life, we have to forgive," Poj said.
Netizens appear in an unforgiving mood, however, with some asking whether Poj’s backdown was really just an unusual attempt to drum up publicity for the project.
Poj denied it, saying he withdrew the matter because he empathises with a mother’s lot in life. -
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Poj, who laid a defamation complaint with Technology Crime Suppression Division police, vowed he would pursue the matter to the end.
"A netizen has weighed into my latest effort, even though it hasn’t hit the cinemas yet," he complained. "He claimed rudely that I have no skills, I make low-budget movies and trick people into watching them," he grumbled.
Poj’s latest ghost-comedy, Mor 6/5 Pak Ma Ta Pee 3, for Phranakorn Film, follows the exploits of a group of secondary students who manage to dodge the tsunami in Phuket, but are haunted by the ghosts of 1,000 victims in a deserted hotel.
The outspoken director with a flair for publicity said last week he has since had the chance to talk to his young critic, who writes under the Facebook name Nonnee Kee Mai Raad.
"I have asked him and his mother to go and see the film, and report back on Facebook what he thinks of it," he said.
Poj said he had also invited his young critic to join him on the set of an upcoming film project.
"I am giving him a chance to learn whether the production process really is the way he seems to think," adding he would pay the young man a wage for his troubles.
Poj revealed he took his decision to withdraw the complaint after talking to the young man’s mother.
"I don’t like seeing the mother upset because of trouble her son has caused. When we do wrong in this life, we have to forgive," Poj said.
Netizens appear in an unforgiving mood, however, with some asking whether Poj’s backdown was really just an unusual attempt to drum up publicity for the project.
Poj denied it, saying he withdrew the matter because he empathises with a mother’s lot in life. -
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Actor Mario Maurer is gearing up for this year’s military
conscription draw, after exhausting his opportunities to postpone the
event.
He will report to his local military conscription station in Prawet
district, Bangkok, on April 7 to take his chances in the lottery draw.
This year 99,373 conscripts are needed by the armed forces.
Mario, who has sought a deferral every year for the past six years arguing he is too busy with work, has now run out of chances under the law to put off the big day any further.
Thai men must report for conscription when they turn 21, though they can apply for an exemption for six years if they are busy with study, or think they might be exempt on health grounds. After that they must submit themselves to the lottery conscription draw.
Mario, recently back from a trip to Japan, said he is not worried about the prospect of drawing a red card, which obliges young men to serve. If they pull a black card they can go back to their normal lives.
"I am not scared, as every Thai must do his duty. I will have to put my work on hold if I am obliged to serve," he said last week, adding hopefully that the military might find some useful non-strenuous task for him to do, such as acting as its spokesman.
"It shouldn’t be too much of a problem, as I am hardly going into battle. I might have to train or whatever, though I might be able to help in some other way such as being a spokesman … I will have to take a look at it. I am still strong, and should have no problem getting in on health grounds."
Young men who reach conscription age but enlist voluntarily must serve a mere six months, compared to at least a year for everyone else. Mario said enlisting was an option, but he would probably take his chances in the draw instead.
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Mario, who has sought a deferral every year for the past six years arguing he is too busy with work, has now run out of chances under the law to put off the big day any further.
Thai men must report for conscription when they turn 21, though they can apply for an exemption for six years if they are busy with study, or think they might be exempt on health grounds. After that they must submit themselves to the lottery conscription draw.
Mario, recently back from a trip to Japan, said he is not worried about the prospect of drawing a red card, which obliges young men to serve. If they pull a black card they can go back to their normal lives.
"I am not scared, as every Thai must do his duty. I will have to put my work on hold if I am obliged to serve," he said last week, adding hopefully that the military might find some useful non-strenuous task for him to do, such as acting as its spokesman.
"It shouldn’t be too much of a problem, as I am hardly going into battle. I might have to train or whatever, though I might be able to help in some other way such as being a spokesman … I will have to take a look at it. I am still strong, and should have no problem getting in on health grounds."
Young men who reach conscription age but enlist voluntarily must serve a mere six months, compared to at least a year for everyone else. Mario said enlisting was an option, but he would probably take his chances in the draw instead.
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