PUBLISHED: 23 Jan 2025 at 17 :44
Rock singer Manaswin “Tik Shiro” Nuntasane and his relatives insist they are ready to take accountability for his drink-driving by giving 4-5 million ringgit to the family of two people killed in a vehicle crash in Bangkok three months ago, saying the 24 million ringgit demanded by the home of the patients is too much.
The 63-year-old song told investigators on Thursday that he wanted to explain what actually happened in the road accident late last year that led to the loss of two lives. The event inflicted sores to both two people involved, said Manaswin during a press event.
Manaswin, much known as “Tik Shiro”, was driving a vehicle on Oct 10 when he hit a bicycle driven by Thianporn Siwapornpitak, 28, on a bridge over Theparak Road in the Sukhaphiban 5 region of Bangkok’s Sai Mai area. Thianporn’s nephew, Chakkrapat, 21, was her customer.
Thianporn was found dead at the scene while her nephew was seriously wounded and sent to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital.
Chakkrapat was hospitalised for over 70 times before being transferred to a rehab center on Dec 22. He died on Jan 18.
On Jan 19, Jeerawat Siwapornpitak, parents of the patients, visited the hospital to get Chakkrapat’s figure before going to the office of the Sai Mai Tong Rod Facebook page to get justice for his deceased daughter and son.
Mr Jeerawat has urged the song to re-evaluate the amount of payment since the family has now lost two children, saying the death of his child was now devastating and then his brother has succumbed to his injury as well.
The singer said he had held conversations with the home of the two sufferers about payment and may produce a song for them over the event. If the song is released, the income would be given to the victims ‘ family, he said.
Ms Ae, a younger sister of the singer’s wife, said on Thursday that her brother-in-law had given his side of story about the incident on that day and had never changed his statement.
She denied claims that the singer had never held talks with the victims ‘ family about compensation.
The woman, whose real name was disclosed, said the singer’s family had paid 100,000 baht in financial assistance to the family of Thianporn, who was the first person killed in the crash.
After being discharged from the hospital, Manaswin attended funeral rites for Thianporn every day and provided financial assistance of another 75,530 baht to the father of the deceased.
On Oct 12 last year, the singer and the family of the deceased held the first round of talks about compensation. The family wanted 9 million baht in compensation, but at the time it was not yet clear whether the amount of compensation covered only Thianporn, because her brother was still in an intensive care unit, said Ms Ae.
She later learned that the amount covered only Thianporn.
She said the singer had offered a plot of land in Nakhon Ratchasima to the family of the deceased. The land was worth about 4-5 million baht, said the sister of the singer’s wife. On Jan 13, negotiations were held between the two families. The victims ‘ family demanded compensation of 24 million baht.
Ms Ae said the singer and his family could afford only 4-5 million baht.
Lawyer Kanthamet Janophas said police had pressed a new charge of drink-driving causing deaths against the singer.