Above: From Khom
Chad Luek: Ekkayuth is very scared of the billboard
that threatens him
A tale of two newspapers: The threatening billboard
- September 27, 2004
On September 27, 2004, The Nation rushed a
grave sounding story onto their website about a supposed
threat to two government critics (one of them anti-TRT
tycoon Ekkayuth) by a mystery billboard.
The Thai-language paper Khom Chad Luek (also
owned by The Nation) had the same story, but
reported
that "after checking" they found that the
billboard is to promote the new film Suriyakart
(Solar Eclipse) that will open October 14. It seems
that both articles are identical except that the one
on The Nation site omits the line in the first
and last paragraph about the billboard being for a
film (or perhaps The Nation article was rushed
online before the source of the billboard was checked).
Mystery
behind billboard ‘threat’ - The Nation,
September 28, 2004
...The two businessmen, who have recently been
outspoken in their criticism of the administration,
said the warning on the billboard had something to
do with their antigovernment views.
They were referring to a giant advertising billboard
along the expressway near Sukhumvit Soi 62. The billboard
carries the message: “A famous fortuneteller
said on the day of the solar eclipse on October 14
well-known businessmen with the initials ‘Or’
are doomed.”...