Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication

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Sek Loso to sue police over manner of arrest, says failed drugs test due to prescribed medication

By THE NATION

 

 

CONTROVERSIAL ROCK star Seksan “Sek Loso” Sukphimai said yesterday that he planned to sue the police over officers’ “over-reaction” in arresting him by home intrusion.

The musician was arrested after posting a Facebook Live broadcast while shooting a gun into the sky inside a temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat ahead of the New Year Festival. 

 

 

Regarding the urine test that led to an additional charge of drug abuse, the singer said he had not taken illicit drugs, only sleeping pills and medicine to treat Bipolar Disorder.

 

 

Seksan also claimed he had asked his lawyer to negotiate with Nakhon Si Thammarat police chief Pol Maj General Wanchai Ekpornpit for him to turn himself in to fight the charges after completing a concert in Pattaya but the officer refused. 

 

He said that when police turned up at his home at 10am ahead of the raid on New Year’s Eve, one of his staff asked to see their search warrant, which police claimed to have, but the officers never showed it. 

 

Of the raid itself, Sek said he didn’t resist arrest and just wanted to wait for his lawyer to be present before doing anything. 

 

“But the officers went right up to my bedroom door, the incident which Eve [his girlfriend] recorded in a clip,” he said. “I cannot believe the “Arintharat” police SWAT team would come with arms to arrest a singer who had merely fired a gun skywards.”

 

Of his threat in the clip to shoot anyone who went into his room, Seksan said he had just made the remark in the heat of moment.

 

 

“The charge of firing a gun skywards at 2am at the temple in the mountains is a small matter. I’m sure the bullets didn’t hit anyone and I wasn’t drunk,” he said, adding that he spent a night in a detention cell and didn’t get any special privileges after the arrest.

 

Sekan earlier yesterday posted a 25-minute Facebook Live broadcast to explain how a photo appeared online of him dining at a restaurant with two Nakhon Si Thammarat-based policemen and others. He said it was just a treat he had arranged to thank police officers for taking good care of him. 

 

 

Insisting that he had acted sincerely and had admitted making a mistake in inviting police to a party, Seksan said he didn’t personally know superintendent Pol Colonel Rangsan Sukkua or Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat inspector Pol Lt-Colonel Theerapol Phumchai before his arrest and he didn’t wish to interfere with them carrying out their duty. 

 

Both officers had been transferred to inactive posts pending a probe shortly after the photo drew widespread public criticism and threatened to undermine public confidence in the officers’ neutrality in the investigation.

 

Meanwhile, Pol Maj-General Wanchai said the fact-finding committee would submit the result of its inquiry against Rangsan and Theerapol later last night. He said he also received an invitation via phone to attend the same party but had refused due to Seksan being a suspect.

 

 

Seksan was charged with carrying and discharging his gun, which he admitted. 

 

He is also accused of illegal gun possession, which he denies, insisting he legally owns the gun and that it was registered.

 

He was released on bail by the Nakhon Si Thammarat Court so he could return to Bangkok to respond to the drug abuse charge. 

 

 

Seksan is due to attend Khanna Yao police in Bangkok this Friday to hear the drug abuse charge, based on the findings of a urine test conducted after his arrest.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30335632

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-08

[ezzra]

Dose he really want to convince the public that he doesn't use drugs?

and that he's nothing but an innocent choir boy..

yeah right... pull the one, it's got bells on it....

Edited January 7, 2018 by ezzra

[colinneil]

What a d+++head, so did he expect the police to knock on his door and say please be a good boy and come with us.

His behavior was outrageous, but because he thinks he is a star he can do whatever he wants and get away with it.

[Thian]

How can he know the bullets he fired into the sky didn't hurt anyone or cause any damage?

[faraday]

"Merely fired a gun at a Temple"

Try doing that in the UK, or any Western Europe country.

Idiot!

[mok199]

Thais  ''never let an opportunity ''go to waste...

[mok199]

this rocker spent YEARS ,trying to be the bad boy, now he wants to be the good boy....AMUSING THAILAND

[Artisi]

3 minutes ago, mok199 said:

Thais  ''never let an opportunity ''go to waste...

Or the chance to be stupid and a prat. 

[geronimo]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Dose he really want to convince the public that he doesn't use drugs?

and that he's nothing but an innocent choir boy..

yeah right... pull the one, it's got bells on it....

I think its a half-hearted attempt to convince the judge more like .....

[SABloke]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Dose he really want to convince the public that he doesn't use drugs?

and that he's nothing but an innocent choir boy..

yeah right... pull the one, it's got bells on it....

My friend ran into him in London in October. He was totally blitzed. So now he's bought some medication that conveniently gives positives on drug screens. If he was really on these meds don't you think he would've showed it to the police immediately? I guess he was so high he forgot  

[mikebell]

Straight from Prawit's book of lame excuses.  And photos of police officers enjoying a suspect's hospitality! How careless of them.

[worgeordie]

" didn’t get any special privileges after the arrest."

 
"  for him to turn himself in to fight the charges after completing a concert in Pattaya but the officer refused. "

Who does he think he is a "Superstar",more like a "Super<deleted>"

regards worgeordie

Edited January 8, 2018 by metisdead
Profanity edited out.

[jacko45k]

What a pack of BS.

Give him a shovel!

[akirasan]

Which doctor prescribes MDMA?  Asking for a friend.

[JAG]

Well if the fellow suffers from bipolar disorder, and had been prancing around waving (and firing) a gun, it actually seems quite reasonable to use a team of armed policemen to arrest him.

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[giddyup]

The guy is a publicity hound and unfortunately the Thai media gives him exactly what he wants. Ignoring him would be the best punishment.

[Bluespunk]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“The charge of firing a gun skywards at 2am at the temple in the mountains is a small matter. I’m sure the bullets didn’t hit anyone and I wasn’t drunk,”

Just high as a kite. 

[Artisi]

"adding that he spent a night in a detention cell and didn’t get any special privileges after the arrest."

Oh! the poor little fragile darling, what did he expect - butler service, silk sheets and a buxom bed warmer 

[Stargeezr]

This guy shot a gun in the air,  at the very least he is an idiot.

If he was not an important Thai entertainer he would be shut up

in a jail somewhere, but Mr Hi So, don't  you know Who I am, is still

getting too much press time.

Geezer

[Artisi]

1 minute ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

This guy shot a gun in the air,  at the very least he is an idiot.

If he was not an important Thai entertainer he would be shut up

in a jail somewhere, but Mr Hi So, don't  you know Who I am, is still

getting too much press time.

Geezer

And for good reason, to keep TV members entertained. 

[soalbundy]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Dose he really want to convince the public that he doesn't use drugs?

and that he's nothing but an innocent choir boy..

yeah right... pull the one, it's got bells on it....

ear medicine.

[peperobi]

Thai superstars are not different than superstars around the world, from time to time they need some publicity...

[Guitar God]

I met him in Ubon and he's a genuinely nice guy, a professional and a great musician and producer. 

 

Firing a gun into the air though is reckless and inexcusable. He should lose his permit for that. 

 

Prescribed medicine for ADHD can and will give a false positive for amphetamines. 

[anon789561]

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

What a d+++head, so did he expect the police to knock on his door and say please be a good boy and come with us.

His behavior was outrageous, but because he thinks he is a star he can do whatever he wants and get away with it.

No, he didn't expect the Police to knock on his door. He expected to be given a week to hand himself in but because he's a star . . . .  5555

[hdkane]

Sek Loso is just a pu$$y...isn't he the same punk that beat his wife/gf?  And now he is crying because he tested positive for drugs? Just a pu$$y, far too typical here in Thailand...do anything to avoid responsibility...he looks even moreso, in light of Bodyslam's recent accomplishments...

[samsensam]

 

'i'm going to sue!' how often do we here that reported here, and indeed how often does donad trump make such threats? and how often is anyone sued? very rarely.

 

i remember the thai lady in scotland who threatened to sue the british government because her visa extension was turned down as the guy sponsoring her stopped doing so due to her behaviour and actions.

 

 

[4MyEgo]

Regardless of what anyone thinks of this guy, he is getting a lot of free publicity, I consider that being smart.

[Bluespunk]

4 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

This guy shot a gun in the air,  at the very least he is an idiot.

If he was not an important Thai entertainer he would be shut up

in a jail somewhere, but Mr Hi So, don't  you know Who I am, is still

getting too much press time.

Geezer

If he wasn't famous, do you really think they would have bothered arresting him at all?

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

If he wasn't famous, do you really think they would have bothered arresting him at all?

Had of they arrested a "nobody" rest assured we wouldn't be discussing their stupudity. 

[Bluespunk]

2 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Had of they arrested a "nobody" rest assured we wouldn't be discussing their stupudity. 

Yes, true enough, but mostly because in most cases they wouldn't have been arrested...but it does happen.

 

Especially if you are stupid enough to post a video of it online...

Edited January 8, 2018 by Bluespunk