What the Froc is going on?
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Actor Bin Banluerit is certainly not acting in his war against Karun "Keng" Hosakul, the Pheu Thai MP for Don Mueng that he's accused of letting down flood victims.
Bin, who does volunteer relief work with the Ruamkatanyu Foundation, has even taken the feud onto YouTube.
It began just before the original Froc command centre at the airport was inundated, when Bin said on various TV channels that Keng had failed to come through with promised goods.
Bin gave him a wish list of needed items, “but I never heard from him, and when I called he never picked up the phone”. Bin also had reporters tweeting Keng, but they got nowhere.
When Don Mueng was flooded, Bin complained louder, saying he got the Froc’s okay to rescue the mobile toilets left in the rising water there. “They’re necessary items and it’s a shame I didn’t get them earlier. But I didn’t get anything else from the Froc.”
Bin’s video, “What Bin saw at Froc in Don Mueng”, went online on Sunday night and was viewed nearly 50,000 times in the next 24 hours. Keng ought to be popping up anytime now.
See stars, cheap
Sunisa “Oam” sukboonsang, Patiparn “Mos” Pataweekan, Da Endorphin, Arak “Pe” Amornsupasiri, Apiwat “Stamp” Eurthavornsuk and the bands Rich Man’s Toy and Buddha Bless were all at Siam Paragon on Sunday raising flood funds.
Oam and Moss have organised the starry effort for three consecutive weekends and remain happily overwhelmed by the volume of donations coming in.
Actress and TV host Parisara “Opal” Pimpru is the emcee. “We’ve done what we can,” Opal said of the stars, “but everyone must ask himself what he can do in his own capacity. Don’t just blame the Bangkok governor or the government. Do your part first before criticising anyone else.”
Proceeds go to the Chai Pattana Foundation. Get down to Paragon this coming Sunday and maybe Mos will stroll over and tell you in person how much he appreciates every donation, no matter how small.
