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The rocker's former wife, Wiphakorn "Kan" Sukpimai, who has emerged as a strong personality in her own right as she battles to get her ex-husband's life back on track after his battles with bipolar disorder, has found her life under unwelcome scrutiny as news emerged last week that her brother, Dech, was nabbed with the drug "ice" in his possession.
Dechudom (Dech) Saengsaithim, 41, was arrested at his Nonthaburi home last Monday after police, acting on a tip-off, tracked him to Prasert Manoonkrit Road in Bung Kum district on March 8 where they say he sold ice to a casual buyer by the roadside. Police pursued the buyer and found him with a small amount of the drugs.
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They say they found 0.40 grammes of ice, weighing scales, and ammunition at his home. A urine test showed he had drugs in his system.
Police charged him with having category 1 drugs in his possession, keeping bullets without permission and taking drugs. His lawyer said he admits taking the drugs, but will oppose any charge of intent to supply.
The Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Road released him on a 370,000 baht bail bond, which Kan put up herself.
The case has revived memories of Sek's own drugs habit, after Kan admitted Mr Dech had worked as Sek's manager for about 10 years, with the two parting ways amid her marital problems with Sek about four years ago. Sek was forced to seek treatment after Kan outed him as a hard drugs user in a social media post in 2014. It is not known who supplied his habit.
After reports of her brother's arrest for drugs, some netizens also asked if Kan was herself involved in the trade after police suggested Mr Dech was a small-time dealer tied to a gang involved in boxing gambling, to which Kan also has indirect ties.
Kan is involved in a debt dispute with a former celebrity boxer, Apirak "Sia Po" Chatharnon. She lodged two cases with the Min Buri District Court last month seeking the return from Sia Po of 60 million baht, including interest, which she lent him for a gambling and boxing venture.
Sia Po and Kan, former lovers who fell out after he failed to pay back the money, traded barbs in a joint television interview in May in which the pair had to be kept apart by the host and looked close to coming to blows.
The fall-out came after Sia Po answered a distress call from her on April 27 only to find 30 Khok Kram police lying in wait for him at her Bangkok home. Police searched Sia Po and his younger assistant, found his friend was armed, and charged with pair with carrying a weapon in a public place.
Sia Po believes Kan, angry about his unpaid debts to her, lured him to the house on false pretences. He also alleges she acted in cahoots with Wan Ubamrung, influential son of ex-politician Wanchalerm, after he and Wan argued, again over unpaid gambling debts.
Reporters last week travelled to Sia Po's home in the hope of asking him about his ties to Kan's younger brother. They found his mother there, who said her son did not know Mr Dech, and was not involved in his drug troubles.
Kan, herself pleading innocence, denied knowing about Mr Dech's drug habit and said their parents were horrified by the news. Her father, a former senior policeman, was strongly against drugs and was so upset by news of Mr Dech's arrest that he wanted nothing to do with the saga. That left her to contact a lawyer and arrange his bail herself.
"If I had known about his ties to drugs I would have dealt with it long ago," she wrote on social media. "If he really was selling drugs, he'd be rich, but he has no money. Every time we meet he asks for 500 baht, 1,000 baht. We do not see each other often as we live apart, and nor do we talk much as he is a quiet type," she said. Kan said she spoke to her brother, her youngest sibling, briefly after securing his bail release but did not know many details. Mr Dech, whose release was opposed by police, must report to the authorities every 12 days.
Sek, meanwhile, is on the mend after being admitted for care at Srithanya Hospital in Thon Buri following a marathon Facebook live session at his Sai Mai home last month which sparked concerns that he would harm himself.
Sek's lover Apisaya "Eve" Pattanaworasap, Kan and the couple's teenage son Sua managed to persuade three men from the hospital to enter Sek's townhouse on Aug 18 on the pretext they were from a charity foundation and had come to pick up donated goods.
They took Sek by surprise during his meandering live FB session, over-powered him and escorted him to the hospital, where Eve says he has now received a smart hair-cut and is entertaining patients with his music. Kan, Sua and the couple's two school-age daughters have also visited the patient and say he is happy and stress-free. The saga continues.
Model's sinking donor hopes
Model Pramthat "Palm" Sinkang is appealing for stem cell donations, his only hope of beating leukaemia after a doctor gave him six months to live.
Palm, known for his cover shoots for Men's Health magazine, has appealed from his hospital bed for the return of a mystery donor who last February was willing to donate stem cells which doctors say would have proved an almost perfect match for Palm's needed bone marrow transplant.
However, the donor withdrew the offer before his stem cells could be harvested after his family objected.
The case has revived memories of Sek's own drugs habit, after Kan admitted Mr Dech had worked as Sek's manager for about 10 years, with the two parting ways amid her marital problems with Sek about four years ago. Sek was forced to seek treatment after Kan outed him as a hard drugs user in a social media post in 2014. It is not known who supplied his habit.
After reports of her brother's arrest for drugs, some netizens also asked if Kan was herself involved in the trade after police suggested Mr Dech was a small-time dealer tied to a gang involved in boxing gambling, to which Kan also has indirect ties.
Kan is involved in a debt dispute with a former celebrity boxer, Apirak "Sia Po" Chatharnon. She lodged two cases with the Min Buri District Court last month seeking the return from Sia Po of 60 million baht, including interest, which she lent him for a gambling and boxing venture.
Sia Po and Kan, former lovers who fell out after he failed to pay back the money, traded barbs in a joint television interview in May in which the pair had to be kept apart by the host and looked close to coming to blows.
The fall-out came after Sia Po answered a distress call from her on April 27 only to find 30 Khok Kram police lying in wait for him at her Bangkok home. Police searched Sia Po and his younger assistant, found his friend was armed, and charged with pair with carrying a weapon in a public place.
Sia Po believes Kan, angry about his unpaid debts to her, lured him to the house on false pretences. He also alleges she acted in cahoots with Wan Ubamrung, influential son of ex-politician Wanchalerm, after he and Wan argued, again over unpaid gambling debts.
Reporters last week travelled to Sia Po's home in the hope of asking him about his ties to Kan's younger brother. They found his mother there, who said her son did not know Mr Dech, and was not involved in his drug troubles.
Kan, herself pleading innocence, denied knowing about Mr Dech's drug habit and said their parents were horrified by the news. Her father, a former senior policeman, was strongly against drugs and was so upset by news of Mr Dech's arrest that he wanted nothing to do with the saga. That left her to contact a lawyer and arrange his bail herself.
"If I had known about his ties to drugs I would have dealt with it long ago," she wrote on social media. "If he really was selling drugs, he'd be rich, but he has no money. Every time we meet he asks for 500 baht, 1,000 baht. We do not see each other often as we live apart, and nor do we talk much as he is a quiet type," she said. Kan said she spoke to her brother, her youngest sibling, briefly after securing his bail release but did not know many details. Mr Dech, whose release was opposed by police, must report to the authorities every 12 days.
Sek, meanwhile, is on the mend after being admitted for care at Srithanya Hospital in Thon Buri following a marathon Facebook live session at his Sai Mai home last month which sparked concerns that he would harm himself.
Sek's lover Apisaya "Eve" Pattanaworasap, Kan and the couple's teenage son Sua managed to persuade three men from the hospital to enter Sek's townhouse on Aug 18 on the pretext they were from a charity foundation and had come to pick up donated goods.
They took Sek by surprise during his meandering live FB session, over-powered him and escorted him to the hospital, where Eve says he has now received a smart hair-cut and is entertaining patients with his music. Kan, Sua and the couple's two school-age daughters have also visited the patient and say he is happy and stress-free. The saga continues.
Model's sinking donor hopes
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Palm, known for his cover shoots for Men's Health magazine, has appealed from his hospital bed for the return of a mystery donor who last February was willing to donate stem cells which doctors say would have proved an almost perfect match for Palm's needed bone marrow transplant.
However, the donor withdrew the offer before his stem cells could be harvested after his family objected.
The donor's identity is kept under wraps as part of the process and Palm does not know who he is. However, he is appealing publicly for the donor to reconsider, as he may be his only hope of staying alive.
News reports contrast Palm's muscle-bound physique in healthier days with his present plight, when he is confined to hospital, connected to tubes, and his body shakes uncontrollably as he tried to fight off the ravages of the disease.
He said doctors earlier gave him chemotherapy, which sent the disease into remission for three months.
News reports contrast Palm's muscle-bound physique in healthier days with his present plight, when he is confined to hospital, connected to tubes, and his body shakes uncontrollably as he tried to fight off the ravages of the disease.
He said doctors earlier gave him chemotherapy, which sent the disease into remission for three months.
However, a health check-up on July 23, which he had expected would give him the all-clear, instead brought the shocking news that the disease was back and this time likely to attack even more aggressively than before.
"Chemo will no longer work, and the only thing I can do now is get a stem cell transplant," he said. "If I am unsuccessful, the doctors say I can expect to last six months at the most."
Earlier, after the chemo appeared to work, Palm grew stronger as he returned to exercise and looked after himself under a strict regimen. However, he was out of luck.
Earlier, after the chemo appeared to work, Palm grew stronger as he returned to exercise and looked after himself under a strict regimen. However, he was out of luck.
"I can but pray and wait for a donor with the right match to come along. Before there was such a person who came forward to notify the Red Cross, but then he changed his mind. If he sees this message, I would like him and his family to reconsider. I am placing all my hope in you. It's really hard to find anyone who can help," he said.
"I didn't think the leukaemia would come back so fiercely or quickly, but it has. I would like donors to help me or others like me," he pleaded.
"I didn't think the leukaemia would come back so fiercely or quickly, but it has. I would like donors to help me or others like me," he pleaded.
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