Marnfah pours water on spat
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Sunannika "Nam Petch" Kritsanasuwan says Buddhism is not a mere plaything for scoring points. "No matter whether you are angry or who you hate, you should practise it with a pure heart," she said.
Nam Petch was speaking after socialite Ornpapat "Marnfah" Jantarasakha revealed the findings of a police probe into a well-publicised fight between the pair at a city eatery last September.
The two, who have bad blood, happened to meet at the eatery, and a heated exchange took place in the restrooms as both parties were preparing to leave.
Nam Petch claimed Marnfah and two of her helpers assaulted her in the toilets of the Thong Lor nightspot on Sept 5.
As they probed the complaint, police called in both sides for conciliation talks, to no avail. In the end Nam Petch said she agreed to withdraw the complaint and apologise. Police fined the pair 500 baht each.
Speaking to the media last week, Marnfah made the most of her victory over the little-known former beauty queen, dressing in funeral black and pouring ceremonial water to help ward off Nam Petch's desire for vengeance.
In this case, Marnfah filled the vial with strawberry water (for Thais, the word "straw-berry", borrowed from English, is a playful word for "lie") to make the point that Nam Petch had exaggerated the complaint.
"Today as I pour the strawberry water I would like to dedicate all the merit I have gathered to put an end to this tit-for-tattle reprisal battle," Marnfah said.
"Please, don't let us meet again. I would like to forgive those who think evil, do evil, because it is a sin."
Earlier, Marnfah, who was accompanied by a bevy of snappily dressed security guards for her media conference, handed out documents from the police probe, including the results of Nam Petch's medical check-up on the day she filed her complaint.
Nam Petch told police Marnfah and her assistant repeatedly slapped her, shooed out other guests from the toilets and blocked the door to stop others entering as the clash took place.
"The check-up found no bruises on her body, even though she claimed my assistant and I hit her 20 times each," Marnfah said. "Everyone who's ever been to the eatery will know the door is the type you push; you can't lock it from the inside, despite her claims."
Marnfah also replayed a video clip of Nam Petch, at the height of the drama, swearing she would like to die by lightning strike if she was found to be lying about what happened.
"Even more spectacularly, she sought 10 million baht in damages against me, claiming the saga resulted in embarrassment and deprived her of opportunities to work. I was told to apologise in 50 media outlets, and on social media as well. The case has ended. The truth is, Nam Petch squeezed my arm, and my assistant brushed her arm off. That's all that happened.
"As for her claims that we hit her 40 times, was she not swatting mosquitoes in the toilets instead?"
Handing out the ceremonial water to journalists, she said holy water wouldn't be up to the job.
"The water might have a red scent, but don't be shocked. For this type of person we have to pour strawberry water for it to hit the mark."
Asked to comment, Nam Petch said she was saddened to see Manfah trample on Buddhism to make her point.
"I was shocked. The Buddhist scriptures do not teach anyone to pour strawberry water," she said.
"Normally we pour the water after we have finished making merit. It should be clean, pure water. We should do it with determination with an unbiased heart, unclouded by bad things."
Nam Petch said she withdrew the complaint last month because she could see it was going nowhere. She couldn't compete with Marnfah's financial resources and was planning a trip to Sri Lanka to enter a beauty pageant.
Since the saga ended she has also spent a spell in the Buddhist nunnery. "I wanted to clear up any unfinished business so I could make a fresh start," she said. -
2. Doctor counter-sues Nott
A doctor at the centre of a row over rival plastic surgery techniques is counter-
suing after his rival laid a police complaint claiming he asked non-qualified staff to perform face lifts on his behalf.
Cholatis Sinratchatanan, the head of a Thon Buri clinic and chairman of the Facial Plastic Surgery Association of Thailand, last week laid a defamation complaint with Yannawa police.
Insisting his clinic met international standards, Dr Cholatis said he was also pondering taking civil action against his rivals.
His complaint names fashion editor Nott Krittin, who went to Dr Cholatis's clinic late last year for so-called Face Lock surgery; and a rival plastic surgery promoter, Xeping Chaiyasan, who is involved in a legal spat with Dr Cholatis over a technique she backs known as Face Off surgery.
Nott said the clinic deceived him into thinking the effects of his Face Lock surgery would be lifelong. In fact, while he was pleased with the initial results, after just a month his skin started to sag.
He said Dr Cholatis had told him he would do the surgery himself. However, Nott said he had since learned the work was actually delegated to a nurse.
Nott earlier this month accompanied Dr Xeping, who describes herself as a plastic surgery consultant, to lay a complaint about Dr Cholatis’s clinic with Samre police. They also visited the Department of Health Services Support to alert officials about the case.
Commenting on his critics’ claims that he asked nurses to stand in for him in surgery, Dr Cholatis said the pair's claims were misleading.
"My clinic meets world standards, the paperwork says so. I cannot perform each case alone, but need the help of one person on staff to help maintain those standards. I would like the other side to stop making their false claims," he said. Police are investigating. -
3. Lack of public apology offends
Model and actress Irin "Pel" Srikaew is pressing ahead with a police
complaint against an internet warrior who doctored a picture of her in a
revealing dress, after he declined to apologise publicly for the
affair.
Pel last week laid a complaint with Technology Crime Suppression Division police against her unnamed critic, who earlier apologised in a Line message but failed to front the media within the seven-day deadline she had requested.
The saga unfolded when the culprit sent Pel a picture from a recent industry awards function in which she has pulled up the hem of her gold dress, cut up to the waist.
The picture appears to show her wearing nothing underneath, though Pel insists her private parts do not appear naturally. She says the image was digitally manipulated.
Pel admits not wearing underwear on the occasion, but says the dress had a liner built in which protected her.
On March 7 she called the media to Phahon Yothin police to lay a complaint, only to change her mind at the last minute, saying the culprit had apologised the night before.
She had also noticed him on social media wearing what prepared to be a medical student's gown, so for the sake of his future decided to give him a break.
However, after he declined to front the media last week as requested, she decided to go ahead after all. Her complaint, alleging a breach of the Computer Crimes Act, names all those involved, including those who share the image.
"I designed that outfit myself and sent it to a fashion designer to have it made up. I suspect it [the picture] didn't come from the media ... someone else present at the awards took it.
"As to how far to take the matter, I will leave it to the judgement of the police." A probe is under way.
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