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Smegma
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This is the kind of thread that makes me miss Sauron.
No matter how disliked or obnoxious he might be at other times, he was tops when it came to commenting inside twists in these type of events. He basically knew who was in bed with who and why -or so he seemed.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:38 am on July 12, 2003
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AlterEgo
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Gee, I was going to start this thread, but I didn't want to put up with that thread f_cker H.S. BTW I read that the missing guy came up.... drunk!!!!
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 5:54 am on July 12, 2003
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DrLove
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Hi, Smegma, I think we have another GT Coral fight coming:
AE vs HS !
Get your tickets now!
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:10 am on July 12, 2003
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Vancouver Jay
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Pretty frank stuff from the Nation today. Thank god for the second tier!
SEX STILL SELLS FOR TYCOON
Published on Jul 13, 2003
A week after taking on the police, Chuwit's vast sex empire remains unscathed
He is waging a heated war of words with city police, but message parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit's outlets appear unscathed by the ongoing scandals.
It was business as usual yesterday said a staffer willing to talk at Victoria Secret, one of Chuwit's six parlours near Ratchadaphisek Road.
Business has not been affected in spite of the controversies surrounding its high-profile owner, who last Sunday accused city police of receiving Bt12-million in bribes from him every month.
Chuwit's disclosures shook the police force. The case was further complicated later in the week when he alleged that he had been abducted for two days after making the bribery charge public.
"Victoria Secret and other massage parlours of the Davis Group [controlled by Chuwit] are doing well, as usual. In fact, we've seen more customers than usual. I'm not sure whether the controversies have spurred higher demand," said the staffer, who requested anonymity. The six outlets employ more than 1,000 masseuses.
Chuwit and top aides in his entertainment empire could not be reached for comment.
Chuwit alleged he had to bribe police with sacks of banknotes as well as dozens of genuine Rolex watches.
Based on his claim of Bt12-million in monthly bribes, the Revenue Department has launched an investigation to find out if Chuwit's businesses are paying their taxes properly.
Apart from the monthly bribe, Chuwit said he was paying Bt3 million in taxes a month.
His six parlours are estimated to bring in between Bt80 million and Bt90 million monthly, or at least Bt1 billion a year.
The massage parlour industry in Thailand continues to operate in a grey area, where prostitution, which is illegal under law, puts on a legitimate front.
According to the tax department, a total of 180 massage parlours and 147 nightclubs are registered nationwide.
Chuwit's other upscale parlours include Honolulu, Emmanuelle, Hi-Class and Copa Cabana. They are clustered around Ratchadaphisek Road, where several other top-end parlours thrive.
The massage parlours are usually part of an entertainment complex with extravagant-looking buildings and expensively fitted suites. They have karaoke rooms, coffee shops, lounges and restaurants.
According to the current issue of Fai Klangkeurn (Night Life) magazine, eighty per cent of the up-scale customers in the Ratchadaphisek night spots are tourists from China, Japan, North America and Europe.
Customers select masseuses sitting behind a glass-window or those seated outside, who are "sideline" workers.
Many customers expect the more expensive sideline workers to be students who need money for tuition fees. Some are former actresses and models who have appeared in magazines.
A sideline masseuse may cost Bt2,500 to Bt5,000 for two hours, while a regular masseuse fetches about Bt1,600 to Bt2,000 for the same session.
Second-tier parlours charge Bt1,200 to 1,700.
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The mealy-mouth that roared
CHUWIT ALLEGATIONS: Thaksin orders special probe
Published on Jul 13, 2003
Massage parlour tycoon stands by kidnap allegations; says he will finger top police involved
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday ordered the Special Investigation Department (SID) to investigate bribery and kidnapping allegations made by commercial sex tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit.
The prime minister also called in Forensic Science Institute director Khunying Pornthip Rotchanasunant to investigate Chuwit's claim that he was kidnapped, drugged and beaten.
After earlier expressing doubts, Thaksin said in his weekly radio broadcast yesterday that he accepted Chuwit's claims that the massage parlour owner paid Bt12 million a month to police to operate six businesses.
Just a day earlier, the prime minister said if the claims were true, the amount of bribery money mentioned was grossly inflated.
"I will provide justice for Chuwit, but he will be punished for any charges that he is found guilty of,'' Thaksin said.
Chuwit said he was "rescued" by a truck driver on the Bangkok-Chon Buri highway early on Friday morning after what he said was a 30-hour ordeal, in which he was kidnapped, drugged and beaten by a gang of policemen.
SID director general Pol Lt General Noppadol Sombunsub said he questioned Chuwit at Bumrungrad Hospital about the abduction and bribery claims.
He also talked to the hospital about blood tests taken from Chuwit to see whether he had been drugged during the ordeal.
"Results of the blood and urine tests won't have any significance because the hospital says the time frame was too wide for them to detect any substances,'' Noppadol said.
He said he was sympathetic towards Chuwit after speaking with him.
Chuwit, who swears the kidnapping story is true, was yesterday discharged from hospital shortly after giving a press conference.
He vowed to make public on Wednesday the names of police officers who accepted the bribes.
"The officers whose names are on the list are just small fish who came to collect the money," he said.
"The big fish are the ones who must be held responsible. They ordered the officers to take bribes from me. I hope they can sleep at night.''
National Police Chief Pol General Sant Sarutanond has called Chuwit's abduction claim "paranoid and delusional".
Weera Musikapong, assistant to the Interior Minister, yesterday attacked Sant for jumping to conclusions without a proper investigation.
"What [Sant] did will cause the public to lose faith in the police.''
Weera also defended the prime minister saying Thaksin had never accused Chuwit of faking his own abduction.
On Friday, Thaksin said Chuwit had come up with the bribery claims because he was under pressure and stress because of his businesses.
"He might have exposed [the bribery allegation] out of anger at why he was being ill-treated when he had paid bribes, but he inflated the figure and faced the consequences," the prime minister said.
Police arrested Chuwit on May 1 for allegedly masterminding the demolition of the bars and shops in Sukhumvit Square on January 26.
Two days later Chuwit faced a second charge of allowing girls aged between 15 and 18 years to work as prostitutes at the Honolulu Love Boat Club.
Soon after the demolition of Sukhmivit Square, Thaksin pledged to catch those responsible and fired civil servants involved in demolition.
He called the attack "barbaric" and insisted Thailand would not become a mafia state.
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SIDELINES: Chuwitís greatest sin? Spilling the beans
Published on Jul 13, 2003
Chuwit Kamolvisit has become a cornered mouse that roars. The wealthy massage parlour operator is up against the entire police force, so to speak, and expecting a long legal battle with law enforcement. Heís already experienced a month-long stay in prison. If he loses his court battle, he could be back in there for a much longer term.
Just a few months ago, few had heard of him. But in Chuwitís world of commercial sex he is the undisputed supremo, with hundreds of ladies available to pleasure a lusty clientele each day.
He faced charges of masterminding the demolition of night bazaar shacks on Sukhumvit Road, and had a masseuse under the age of 18 working at one of his cat houses. Feeling betrayed during his troubles, he let loose that he had paid huge monthly bribes to top police officers to stay in business.
Money was stuffed in plastic bags. Some Bt12 million a week was the figure he bandied. He also bought a whole tray of Rolex watches to give as gifts to police officers. He claims this had been going on for years since he entered the business a decade ago.
His claims of amounts handed over were large, of course, but not many people were surprised. Such pocketing of ill-gotten gains is common practice among corrupt police and civil servants. Predictably, the police from the top down were fuming. Naturally, they denied taking money from Chuwit, but according to a public opinion survey, people believe the massage king, not the police.
Chuwitís subsequent claim of abduction by four men, who kept him in captivity for 30 hours, was similarly ridiculed by the police as a tall tale. His fate now hangs in the balance ñ quite precariously, in fact. His assets could be seized if it can be proven they came from the sex trade.
Heís got a lot to lose and realises he faces an uphill battle. His money can help, in the form of top-notch attorneys. Nevertheless, as the controversy and drama drag on, his life and business continue to be subject to the court of public opinion.
Is he to blame for being the top dog in the massage-parlour business, and contributing hugely to corruption? Is he an evil in this society?
Well, Chuwit is not in the business of writing holy scriptures or preaching morality to make money. He is the provider of ladies for the pleasures of well-off men, many of whom are unfaithful to their wives.
He is a product of this society, which thrives on consumerism and capitalism. The sex trade is among the notorious attractions beckoning tourists from all over the world. The country has been regarded as a sex paradise in this part of the world, probably unrivalled.
Chuwit wanted to make money like anyone else who spots a business opportunity and capitalises on it. Operating a massage parlour without all the ìfrillsî that come with the massage would be like throwing money onto a fire. But if there was anything blatantly illegal going on ñ that is, too obvious on the signage or the spiel of the maitre dí, he wouldnít have been allowed to operate as many as six places and wade in pools of cash.
Engaging in this business and not being generous to those charged with ìshutting it downî certainly wouldnít have got him very far. Greasing the palms of police officers and other influential elements is a must in the sex trade.
To moralists outraged about the sordid, sinful business, well, of course it is. But admit that Chuwit looks a whole lot holier than corrupt politicians and civil servants who enrich themselves on the backs of the people.
The public wants the police to check whether Chuwitís list of recipients of his sex-tainted money really exists, just to be fair to him and to prove that the government is genuinely serious about eliminating influential elements.
Funnily enough, he is regarded as a hero of sorts, a man who rose up to confront a powerful group of top law enforcers. If he decides to go for broke and really spill the beans, many could find their jobs in jeopardy. But this battle is not likely to have a David versus Goliath outcome. As the accused, Chuwit faces serious legal disadvantages. If his claim of abduction eventually proves bogus, then heís in for much bigger trouble.
Win or lose, Chuwitís not going to make the police force corruption-free. If no face-saving and amicable solution is possible, many with their palms out will miss the extra income they got from the massage-parlour owner, of course. And Chuwitís gravest sin in their eyes wasnít paying bribes to the police, but singing like a canary about it.
Sopon Ongkara
The Nation
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The Post. Scenes from a deathwish.
Chuwit vows to name cops who took cash
Wants Sant to take blame for corruption
Manop Thip-osot Yuwadee Tunyasiri
Massage parlour tycoon Chuwit Kamolvisit will disclose next week names of policemen who accepted his bribes, saying he wants to force national police chief Sant Sarutanont to come out and take the blame for keeping ``the bad apples'' in service.
``See you on Wednesday (July 16) and we'll see if my bribes story is real. Sleep tight all police,'' Mr Chuwit said.
Mr Chuwit, who owns six massage parlours, claimed he paid 12 million baht a month to police to stay away from his business. He vanished for two days only to reappear at Bumrungrad hospital on Friday claiming he had been abducted, drugged and detained before being dumped on a motorway.
Pol Gen Sant said the abduction claim was hard to believe. He did not think Mr Chuwit's kidnappers would release him if he was really taken.
Mr Chuwit said he did not mean to get junior officers into trouble, but to hold Pol Gen Sant responsible for failing to take action against corrupt subordinates. ``I have just learned that Pol Gen Sant follows Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wherever he goes. That is the kind of police officer who will be rewarded,'' he said.
At his third press conference from Bumrungrad hospital yesterday, Mr Chuwit said he did not believe the prime minister could protect his life so he would not stop talking about the bribery because that was his only immunity from getting killed. ``In the next few weeks, the media spotlight will shift somewhere else and I will end up worse than a dog. I can be taken out and shot. Once I no longer talk (about the bribes), I will be dead,'' Mr Chuwit said.
He had kept records about who took the bribes. He had left the notebook with a friend who would release details if he was killed. ``That book is my life insurance policy,'' he said.
Mr Chuwit said he would make a full disclosure of the bribes only if the prime minister guaranteed safety for him, his wife and four children. Later, however, he agreed to tell all.
Special Investigation Department chief Noppadon Somboonsap and forensic expert Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan, asked by the prime minister to conduct a separate investigation into the abduction, interviewed Mr Chuwit yesterday and will collect blood and urine samples on Tuesday to see if there are any traces of drugs. Mr Chuwit returned home from the hospital yesterday.
City police chief Damrongsak Nilkhuha said police would protect Mr Chuwit and family round the clock. Pol Lt-Gen Damrongsak said he felt ``weird'' about Mr Chuwit's story because it was unlikely his captors would free him. They could be arrested and punished.
``Third hands'' could be involved, anyone wanting to take revenge against Mr Chuwit for allegedly demolishing shops and bars in soi Sukhumvit 10 in January. He was looking into Mr Chuwit's bribery claims but said the amount of the bribes could have been inflated to catch public attention.
Deputy city police chief Jakkthip Kunchorn na Ayutthaya said sketches of a 20-year-old who allegedly abducted Mr Chuwit would be distributed to police. Eight witnesses had been questioned.
Mr Thaksin, meanwhile, said he believed Mr Chuwit's bribery claims had grounds but at the same time understood that the meagre budget for police work on major cases might force some to accept bribes.
When he was in the police service he had to pay for his own gun, handcuffs and typewriter, Mr Thaksin said.
``Police have to help themselves after they start working. They may have to get money from `the lesser evil' so they can go on catching `the greater evil','' he said.
Mr Thaksin said he would reform the police force to make sure officers earned enough pay and did not have to accept bribes.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before.
Police chief draws flak for dismissing report
Veera: Sant showed lack of responsibility
Mongkol Bangprapa
The police chief has been criticised for saying massage parlour king Chuwit Kamolvisit made up his story about being kidnapped.
Veera Musikapong, assistant to the interior minister, said Pol Gen Sant Sarutanont had spoken too soon.
Mr Chuwit claimed he paid metropolitan police 12 million baht a month to turn a blind eye to his massage parlour business.
He then went missing for two nights, re-emerging on Friday to claim he had been kidnapped by four men he thought were state officials.
Mr Chuwit has been charged in connection with the January demolition of shops and bars at Sukhumvit Square.
Mr Veera said Pol Gen Sant should investigate the kickback claims. If he found no police involvement, he could tell the public.
When Mr Chuwit resurfaced and claimed he had been kidnapped, Pol Gen Sant should have started looking for the kidnappers. Instead, by quickly jumping to the conclusion that Mr Chuwit had made up the story, Pol Gen Sant showed a lack of responsibility, Mr Veera said.
He denied a report that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had come to the same conclusion as Pol Gen Sant.
Mr Thaksin had told Mr Chuwit to reveal in full to whom he had paid kickbacks and promised him justice.
Mr Veera's remarks came during a panel discussion on the government's policy on suppressing influential figures, held by Sukhothaithammathirat Open University's faculty of political science.
Jaran Ditha-apichai, of the National Human Rights Commission, said he was worried people would be killed by crooks who feared they would be exposed.
Pol Lt-Col Peera Vichakornkul, of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council, said the prime minister should take action against influential figures close to him first.
Thavorn Senniam, a Democrat MP, said he agreed with the policy but doubted the government's sincerity.
Suriyasai Katasila, secretary-general of the Campaign for Popular Democracy, said influential officials, politicians and influential businessmen who damaged the economy, should also be scrutinised.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 3:06 am on July 13, 2003
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Packripper
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Yeah, business is business. Stopped by Honolulu on Saturday evening. Just splish splash I was taking a bath. The thing on the 'boss' is just coffee talk.
The kidnapping feels like a police warning (a sloppy one based on what local business enforcers sometimes do to those breaking the rules)... probably has nothing to do with Suk 10 ex-bar owners who are basically nothing in the Thai scheme of things.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 11:58 pm on July 13, 2003
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Vancouver Jay
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I was suprised they author even mentioned a possible Soi 10 connection. It is not credible since the Soi 10 people have already received cash settlements from what I understand. A kidnapping by them as a warning or extortion tool would be pointless.
I have seen some video of Chuwit arriving at the hospital and to my untrained eye his seizures looked very convincing and authentic. But wouldn't it take a lot of expertise to poison someone badly enough to cause seizures but not kill them or even render them immediately unconscious?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:24 am on July 14, 2003
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Packripper
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Well, contrary to belief.... not all Thai police are completely incompetant. They are a group with a huge budget and plenty of overseas trained personnel. The Crime Suppression Division does exchange training with the FBI (not always a competant organization, but a world standard at least).
Not to mention in any society, there are freelance enforcers who have no profession other than doing this type of stuff. I'd imagine they know a bit about what they are doing.
From the Thai point of view, there's no reason for Chuwit to fake an abduction. To supposedly "demonstrate" to the public that his life is in danger for going up against the police? Duh. Any Thai person could tell you that's a no-brainer. Of course you're going to be in danger.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:13 pm on July 14, 2003
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Chuwit case: Investigators find police took bribes
Chuwit was discharged from Bumrungrad Hospital on Saturday, a day after he said he was rescued by a truck driver on the Bangkok-Chon Buri Highway early on Friday morning. A dazed looking Chuwit told reporters that he had escaped from a group of policemen who kidnapped, drugged and beat him.
But SID chief does not believe tycoon paid as much as Bt12m a month
BANGKOK: Preliminary investigations have found that police did accept bribes from commercial-sex tycoon Chuwit Kamolvi-sit but the amount is not yet known, Pol Lt Gen Noppadol Somboonsup, director-general of the Special Investigation Department, said yesterday.
Noppadol said that after questioning Chuwit he did not believe the tycoon's claim of having paid as much as Bt12 million a month in bribes to police in return for operating six high-class massage parlours.
Chuwit told him that police officers would make appointments to meet him outside and the payments were made in cash. "There were no records of money transfers through banks and no receipts,'' Noppadol said.
Noppadol said it was also hard to prove that Chuwit gave trays of expensive watches to police. Chuwit said his brother brought the watches from Hong Kong and he had no receipts.
The only claim that could be substantiated was whether police or Cabinet members had used the services of Chuwit's massage parlours, Noppadol said. "These parlours would have lists of clients and an entertainment budget for each place,'' he said.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 6:23 pm on July 14, 2003
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ëABDUCTIONí OF MASSAGE-PARLOUR KING: CHUWIT EXPOSED
Published on Jul 19, 2003
Police arrest four men who say they were with the sex tycoon at time of alleged kidnap
Police said yesterday they have exposed massage parlour ty-coon Chuwit Kamol-visit as a big liar who ìfakedî his own abduction.
Earlier, police arrested an Army captain and three other men, and last night were closing in on an Army major, for allegedly conspiring with Chuwit in the scam.
Shortly before midnight, a grim-faced Chuwit left Nation Channel studio, where he gave a two-hour interview, and headed for the Crime Suppression headquarters in Lard Prao, where he planned to surrender.
But despite intense speculation about an imminent arrest, crime suppression police did not allow him to enter the headquarters. He subsequently headed home.
The new twist in the tumultuous episode between the police and Chuwit, whose police bribery claims are rocking the law-enforcement community, had embattled police chief Sant Sarutanond beaming at a news conference in the afternoon.
The four suspects confessed to working with Chuwit in staging his abduction, according to Sant.
Police searched several locations last night for Major Thanyathep Thammathorn, attached to the Armyís Reserve Command, be-cause of his alleged role in the fake kidnapping. Thanyathep has been on the run since the illegal demolition in January of Sukhumvit Square.
Chuwit was arrested in May for allegedly masterminding the demolition. After his release on bail, he launched a crusade against the police, claiming he had paid them massive bribes to keep his commercial sex business going.
On the evening of July 9, Chuwitís wife reported him missing. He was ìfoundî looking dazed and exhausted on July 11 by the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway. He said he had been abducted and drugged by police and did not remember how he ended up there.
The suspects arrested yesterday are Captain Panapat Wichachai, a suspended army officer and a close aide to Thanyathep; Panapatís son Dilok Bunsri; and Somyos Daeng-phu.
Sant said some of the suspects could turn state witnesses.
ìThey confessed and their statements supported one another,î Sant said. ìThey showed good conscience, saying they never thought things would go this far. Police have the public to thank for this. There were people who could not stand this saga any longer and thus they sent us some useful tips.î
Sant claimed Chuwit was part of a conspiracy to destroy him.
ìSome people want me out of this post so it would be easier for them to do certain things. My departure would be at the expense of some major cases that I have been supervising,î he said. The police chief also denied reports there have been conflicts between him and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Sant ended the news conference by saying to reporters: ìYou guys have sweet dreamsî.
A tense-looking Chuwit insisted he had been abducted, intimidated and drugged. But he was vague on whether he knew Captain Thanathat personally.
Police said they could prove Chuwit met Panapat on the evening he ìdisappearedî. Chuwit ambiguously suggested he was introduced to Panapat by a ìthird partyî on that day.
ìI canít even remember his face now. I met him at a prosecutorís house and we had dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant in Lard Prao before we split,î he said.
Having accused metropolitan police of taking enormous bribes from him, Chuwit opened another battlefront last night. He told the Nation Channel that for years he had been paying Bt150,000 monthly to crime suppression police ìto facilitate my businessî.
ìI have to say it now as police could come to nab me any time. They donít want me to keep on blowing the whistle,î he said.
At press time, police were said to be heading for The Nation building. It was reported that an arrest was imminent.
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The Empire Strikes Back: police side of the 'kidnapping' story
LOCATION:
Nonthaburi Palace Hotel. Chuwit Kamolvisit used the hotel to plan his fake abduction, as well as to hide while he was supposedly being held captive by his kidnappers. He took one suite and two regular rooms in the hotel on July 9, the day when he claimed he was snatched out of a taxi.
Chuwit, Captain Thanathat Wichachai and other suspects went to see former chief public prosecutor Pairoj Kamolachet at Pairoj's house on Lad Phrao 101/1. However, they were unable to meet Pairoj, so they went to Halong Restaurant in the neighbourhood. They stayed at the restaurant from 5 and 7.30pm and then returned to the hotel where they continued their meeting until 5.30am of the next day, July 10. Chuwit's mistress, Suratchada Waeosi, then picked him up from the hotel.
SUSPECTS:
Major Thanyathep Thammathorn, attached to the Army's Reserve Command, who has been on the run. Thanyathep is wanted for carrying out the demolition of Sukhumvit Square, putting scores of beer bar and retail store owners out of business.
Captain Thanathat Wichachai, a suspended army officer and also a close aide to Thanyathep, better known as Captain Don
Thanathat's son
Dilok Bunsri
Somyot Daengphu
WITNESSES:
Hotel's staff, housekeepers and security guards
TIP OFF:
Bangkok residents
OBJECTIVE:
To discredit National Police chief Sant Sarutanond into being dismissed from his post
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A day of denials
5.07pm -- Local and foreign reporters pack Chuwit Kamolvisit's office at his Copa Cabana Entertainment Resort and Suites in Bangkok's Huay Kwang district. A 14-inch TV shows the live phone interview as Chuwit speaks to Nation Channel.
In long-sleeved shirt and tie, Chuwit seems relaxed as he denies staging his kidnapping. A couple of steps away is the jade Buddha image he clutched at his Wednesday press conference.
5.25pm -- Chuwit takes another interview call from the Thai media after giving a foreign journalist an interview in English without a hiccup.
5.31pm -- He suddenly stands, slaps his desk and says, "Let's go! Never mind what happens," to the reporters. He calls his aides to prepare for a public address at the Royal Plaza.
5.32pm -- He leaves the room and heads upstairs to prepare. The reporters, including me, follow but are stopped by an employee who tells us, "They're working upstairs."
5.42pm -- An army of reporters and photographers wait outside for Chuwit as some of his attractive employees start arriving for work. They seem unmoved by our presence, but many departing customers do not.
6pm -- It's time for the gathering at the Royal Plaza miles away but Chuwit is still upstairs somewhere.
6.13pm -- Chuwit appears with his tie and top button undone, a lit cigarette in his right hand, before suddenly raising his hands and teasing "I surrenderÖ. Surrender to the police's scheme."
6.16pm -- Chuwit, his entourage and reporters leave the compound inj a convoy down the congested little street. Four or five motorcycles carrying bodyguards stay close to his 4-wheel-drive car all the way.
6.31pm -- Chuwit's car reaches the expressway tollbooth at Din Daeng. His men on motorcycles follow. They are stopped by an expressway policeman but continue after a few seconds.
6.46pm -- After a half-hour ride, Chuwit arrives and greets over 1,000 cheering supporters and onlookers. He takes microphone from rabble-rouser Waranchai Chokechana, a staunch well-wisher who was at Wednesday news conference.
6.51pm -- Chuwit's first line to the cheering crowd is "Sawasdee, dads, mums, brothers and sisters," the standard greeting line for Thai politicians. With Waranchai beside him, he starts his speech by repeating that his kidnapping claim is true as placards shouting the nuts and bolts of power, sex, and money are in plenty.
To cheers from the crowd, he goes on to attack at several policemen and politicians by their initials, hinting at some of their kinky behaviour known to the girls at his massage parlours.
7.29pm -- Chuwit and the crowd move in front of the statute of King Rama V to pledge that he did not make up the kidnapping story. Holding a jasmine garland in his hands, he asks those who accuse him to be cursed.
7.32pm -- Chuwit gets back in car with his wife in the driver's seat and waves goodbye to shouts of "Hero!" from among the crowd.
Phermsak Lilakul
THE NATION
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 1:09 pm on July 18, 2003
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Deep File
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Because of the high visibility of Sia Wit's accusations, we will now be treated to ongoing "exposes" like Heavens on Earth in Sunday's Bangkok Post. As the media continues to flog this horse, it seems likely that there will be calls for changes in the sex industry. And none of the operators/investors can be happy about recent rumblings from the Revenue Department about greater scrutiny of tax receipts. Stay tuned.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:22 pm on July 20, 2003
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