Saturday, September 27, 2008

It must have happened in Bangkok: Publicity stunt in Bangkok turned deadly

Khlong Stunt Drowns Man & Lovely Leena’s Dream

absolutelyBangkok.com
Cudos to Vanak from BlogByKhmer for pointing out this article


It must have happened in Bangkok. A publicity stunt by underdog Leena Jangjanya in the race to be governor of Bangkok went terribly wrong when a campaign staff drowned as they bathed in a canal to highlight the plight of residents who have no access to clean water.

Thing is: He was crying for help. But staff thought he was putting up a show for the TV cameras. According to candidate Leena the 32-year-old Thirasak Sitanont drowned as she and other staff were showing journalists the rashes they got from washing in the filthy water.

To speak with Reuters: “One of my staff saw him waving and crying for help, but we thought he was pretending and he was far away from us, posing for two TV crews,” a sobbing Leena told Reuters. Death campaign. So much for headline-grabbing activities.

“A few minutes later he disappeared and we had to call the police to come and find him,” said Leena, who had fallen into another canal in front of the TV cameras on Wednesday as she was trying to show her support for riverboat commuters.

Businesswoman Leena is among 16 candidates in the race to be governor of Thailand’s capital city of 10 million people. Happi like a Hippo has a backgrounder on her - and some of the beauty products her Hi-So (LEENA) sells:
  • Pink Nipple Nourishing Cream
  • Big + Up Breast Cream for Growth and Firming
  • Lift-Up Whitening Cream
  • Whitening Milk Shower Spa Cream
  • Whitening Armpit Cream
  • Eye Primer Gel
  • Stretch Mark Remover
  • Acne & Blemish Whitening Cream
“Lovely Leena” said she had suspended her campaign for the October 5 election to help arrange a funeral for Thirasak and look after his wife, who is seven months pregnant. “If I were to continue to campaign after his death, I would be no better than an animal,” she said.

As said, it wasn’t Leena’s first khlong stunt. Just the day before she took a dive she survived with lots of drama - more photos here.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does the stunt man know how to swim, is he really a stunt man or an amateur stunt man. I mean usually stunt man are professional athlete.

Anonymous said...

Come on guys pull the bitch out of the water, she'll drown also.

Anonymous said...

I know death of anybody is not funny. But, this is a funny news! ...clumsy politicians !! LOLz

Anonymous said...

Look at that water, it has the color and consistency of a used oil. And Leena Pink Nipple ask the poor guy to bath in there.

PS: I'm not interested in her nipple. Don't even think about it.

Anonymous said...

Is this BKK Media?
lol

Anonymous said...

hahaha, it strikes me as funny. it reminds me of the folklore story about a boy who cries wolf; once or twice people came to his rescue, but once too many, people lost the confidence and not so gullible anymore. mine, sometimes, folklore has a lot of moral meanings for people to live by. this goes to say that all people, no matter what nationality they may be are as vulnerable as anyone; so i hope thailand is stopped bullying cambodia about how better or how technologically advance their military is or whatever with cambodia when they violated the international borderline of cambodia.