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News like this has been on TV and newspaper for 4 days.

http://www.thairath.co.th/thairath1/...ul/20/p1_1.php

I know that the 1st pic is an actor, and the 2nd is a thai boxer. My Thai is not good enough to understand the details. Could someone kindly tell us what's going on? Is the boxer's name Sirilongkom? Where can I buy these calendars?

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I think his name is Sirimongkol Singhawangcha. Quite a hunk. Sorry I don't know where to buy the calendars, but many of the nude pictures were posted on palm plaza several months ago. You might try there.

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I was told that Khun Sirimongkol Singhawangcha was arrested because of this! Is it not supposedly to be no more than a fine?

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Yes, he was arrested for producing pornographic material. Small fine and probation. He was on TV this evening pointing to the gates of V Club, where the photo shoot took place.

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The pictures were confiscated when police raided a stall in Chatuchak market, the same pictures were reused in magazines, calendars and foldouts. Besides pictures of Sirimongkol, a former world champion of super welterweight, there were pictures of Somjet Saat, former actor, model and one time boy friend of a female actor who also has done nude modelling. Police apparantly suspected more than just nude modelling in this case, since the magazine had published the cell phone number of the two male models with their pictures.
The pictures of Sirimongkol were posted on Palm-Plaza again last night, btw.

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This week's Fridae expands a little more on what already has been posted above




July 25, 2005
thai world boxing champion knocked out in gay porn scandal
By Vitaya Saeng-Aroon

Thai police raid newsstands and seize thousands of porn movies and magazines, some featuring four-time boxing champion Sirimongkol Singwancha among other male celebrities.


Four-time boxing champion Sirimongkol Singwancha has come to realise that his most spectacular performance was not in the ring with his boxing gloves and punches, but in a seductive underground gay magazine that showed every inch of him.


From the top: a sample cover of Heat magazine, boxing champion Sirimongkol Singwancha and Somjate Sa-ard.
Sirimongkol¡¯s nude images were supposedly a secret to his boxing fans and general public until last week. A special police task force raided newsstands in a famous outdoor shopping area in northern Bangkok. Thousands of porn magazines and movies catering to both straight and gay audiences were seized. The boxer was among one of the celebrity models featured in the magazines.

The police¡¯s raid was prompted by complaints that several newsstands in the Chatuchak area sold pornography and was visited frequently by teenagers.

Sopon Petsawang, an MP from the government ruling party Thai Rak Thai and a former boxer himself, was quoted as saying that as far as he was aware, only transvestites or transgenders read the magazines, and expressed sadness that an increasing number of divorced women and older women are viewing them as well.

Sirimongkol¡¯s full frontal images were accidentally found in Heat, a magazine reputed to feature celebrities and out-of-job movie stars as well as look-alikes.

Other familiar faces in various magazine titles include Chinese-looking Somjate Sa-ard, and former muscled TV host Yuth Thongcharoen.

It is understood that while some of the models were not in pornographic shots, the local media reports did not distinguish between those who posed nude and semi-nude. Some observers criticised the press for misleading their readers into thinking that the celebrities mentioned in the news were photographed with their private parts exposed.

Some of the images used in the magazines are up to a decade old.

Charoenthong said his photographs were taken some 10 years ago. ¡°I was in underwear and I asked permission from my senior. Everyone knew I was in the magazine,¡± said Charoenthong, now a trainer and owner of a boxing camp.

He said after the news broke out, his family was in trouble. His wife is now afraid to meet others in fear of being questioned.

In Sirimongkol¡¯s case, Heat featured him two years ago. To readers who frequently read the magazines or visited gay pornographic web sites, Sirimongkol¡¯s nude images did not come as a surprise as his photographs had been circulating for several years.

Two years ago, Sirimongkol, apart from being crowned world champion by several well-known boxing institutions, he also gained attention for appearing in a swimsuit in Lips, a leading local women¡¯s magazine with a large gay male readership.

The bi-monthly magazine put him on its front cover together with a sexy female model in its March 2003 issue. It marked the first time that a boxer who looked local (called Nah Baan Baan in Thai) was featured in an upscale fashion and lifestyle magazine.

The magazine won praise for its creativity and Sirimongkol became known as the most muscular and handsome Thai boxer.

Sirimongkol said he did not expect that his full frontal nudity shot would be included in the magazine. He claimed that the staff simply asked him to pose ¡°for fun and for them to view in privacy.¡±

In the plastic-wrapped Heat magazine which costs about Bt500 (approx US$12), the boxer¡¯s images included a number of photographs which showed his erect penis. Sirimongkol said he was paid about Bt200,000 (approx US$4,800) for the photo set.

No records for how many copies being printed.

¡°I regret (it) and I¡¯d like to apologise to everyone. I¡¯m very stressed now and sometimes losing sleep. I hope that I would be forgiven for what I had done,¡± said Sirimongkol.

His promoter also called for sympathy for the boxer and said he would still support Sirimongkol for his next boxing fight to be held next year in a competition for a World Boxing Champion title.

Investigation into the cases is underway. Police said people involved with producing the pornography face jail term up to three years and a Bt6,000 fine





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So Thailand is in the middle of another gay crackdown! The Thai boxer has been convicted of “obscenity� and the police are now blacklisting Thai pornographic sites.

According to fridae.com, in light of the boxer's cooperation with the 'investigation', the court reduced his fine from Bt6,000 fine to Bt4,000, and suspended a six-month jail term (!!) for two years on the condition of good behaviour during the suspension period.

Buyers beware!

More news. The Bangkok Post reported last week that the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has blacklisted about 20 Thai-language websites featuring lewd pictures and offering pornographic video CDs for sale.

New regulations are said to include requiring buyers of pornographic movie VCDs to register via the Internet and pay for the goods in advance through bank accounts specified by the webmasters. Presumably this is to give the police access to information about buyers.

Thailand is a strange country! On the one hand, gays and gay establishments continue to be harrassed in Bangkok. On the other, national organisations like the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the entire Phuket tourism industry publicly welcome the Nation party there in November. Money still talks!

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that is a bit of a leap of logic - the article and most other reposts on it talk of both straight and gay "porn" with more references to straight - eg students and married ladies above, and many many straight porn sites have been closed as well as some gay ones!

of course if you really want porn don;t treck all the way out to JJ - just say yes to one of the 30 guys offering it openly in Silom every night!

bkkguy

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Well, 'crackdown' may be a bit strong, and I have only read what was posted on fridae.com. But if you go back a bit, there unquestionably is a worrying trend - raids on saunas, taming of some bars, legal action against Utopia Tours, closing of lots of gay internet sites (not just the few mentioned recently), etc. That's evidence enough for me of the authorities taking action against the gay community.

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the government's new social order campaign is nothing to do with gay/straight or even morals - it is all about playing politics, and the effect on nightlife has been the same in the gay and straight scene - indeed the gay bars seem to be getting away with more these days than the straight ones!

the action against Utopia was initiated by the Australian police and had nothing to do with them being a gay service

the Ministry of Culture and Silly Walks is trying to close any porn site, not just gay ones

there is no crackdown on the gay community per se, but there is a crackdown - that is obvious at some times and not very visable at other times - on people who like to have fun!

bkkguy

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There's news in the paper today that a well-known female actress just received the same 4,000 baht fine and two-year probation that Sirimongkol did, for appearing in a porno.

Big deal.

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though interestingly she did turn up at the police station whith her "girlfriend" so this may still be classed as anti-gay by some posters here - where is Carnarvon when you need him :-)

bkkguy

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Icon, now you've gotta tell us who this actress is...unless it's Nong Natt, I've got her stuff :P

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That's exactly who it was: Nong Natt. She did show up at the station with her lesbian lover in tow, so that should give you some additional fantasies to work with.

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If you want to check out the pics... and they are HOT
use this LINK. http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53159

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