Sek Loso finds rape funny, gets crude, then rude

YOU THOUGHT (and so did we) that rock star Seksan “Sek Loso” Sukpimai had withdrawn to a quieter life running his new music label, but he’s making noise again. No – no family upheavals, but just as controversial. This time Sek has blundered into a crime scene.

Always active on Facebook, Sek usually amuses his followers with pictures of his team at work, his pet dogs and whatever food he happens to be eating, often adding a few light-hearted words. But now he’s taken an interest in the terrifying matter of the serial rapist-murderer loose in Nakhon Pathom and neighbouring provinces, preying on elderly women. 

A lot of people are watching developments, of course, but Sek thinks it’s prime subject matter for a comedy bit. He posted that, since the cops still haven’t nabbed the suspect, “hundreds of elderly women have gone to Nakhon Pathom and accommodations are fully booked”. 

His 2.5 million followers read that, and no doubt some of them honestly found it funny, but fortunately most people still get appalled at this sort of bad taste. The thread quickly filled up with criticism and Sek piled in, swinging away with his customary foul language. Then word of his insensitivity spread beyond the social media and Sek started to buckle in the heat. Realising he’d gone too far making fun of such serious crimes and then getting abrasive about it later, he attempted to ease the tension by half-joking that somebody had hacked his account and “commented using impolite language. I can’t accept this. I must clear up this matter urgently. LOL.”

We surmise that Sek’s “addiction” to Facebook might serve him well as a replacement for the more harmful addictions he battled previously, but now his posts have become harmful in themselves. Hopefully his pals can have a quiet word in his ear?

 

Ford acknowledges “copywrong”

 

In another criminal case, but one that is mercifully far less serious, singer-composer Sobchai “Ford” Kraiyoonsen has emerged from his meeting with police with nothing more than an enhanced appreciation for the copyright law.

Ford was summoned as a “witness” in the matter of record studio RS versus the organiser of a wedding last August at which Ford performed. Ford sang “Yud Trong Nee Tee Ther” for the wedding guests. RS said that’s our song. A lawsuit is pending. The public freaked out, since this was a private function, not a public concert. Where does this copyright nonsense end?

Well, for Ford’s part, he’s never, ever, ever going to sing that song again. He was also in the habit of singing “Kai Kor Kratai Nai Duang Chan” and “Mai Yak Hai Ther Lam Bak Jai”, but they belong to RS too, so you can forget about him ever performing those tunes again too. 

What happened at the wedding wasn’t prearranged, Ford says. “I went up onstage and sang that song as a surprise for my friend.” He says he personally doesn’t believe that copyright should be enforced at private functions, “but, for a big-scale concert, the organiser will always pay the copyright fee”. 

He admitted the run-in with the cops had been stressful. “I never thought I would have to answer questions about things that shouldn’t have been an issue.” He hasn’t spoken about it with anyone at RS, but he’s fine maintaining relations with the firm. “After all, I once worked for them!”