Bangkok: ‘Film Ratthaphum’ sets up a table to explain the issue of demanding 20 million baht from The Icon, admitting that he used ‘Noom Kanchai’s’ name because he wanted to sell his work. Mr. Ratthaphum Tokongsub, a former singer, made a statement clarifying the case of a clip recording a negotiation between Ms. Krisanong, owner of the Krisanong Anti-Corruption page, and Ms. Pancharat or Boss Pun, one of the suspects in the The Icon Group Co., Ltd. case, implicating him as demanding 20 million baht to appear on a famous TV show.

According to Thai News Agency, Mr. Ratthaphum revealed that he had previously known Ms. Krisanong because she helped promote a political party. Then in June, she was contacted by Ms. Krisanong again to help promote products of The Icon Group. After that, Ms. Krisanong disappeared. Then in October, Ms. Krisanong called to talk to Ms. Pancharat that she agreed to hire her to promote her business with a budget of 20 million baht. However, during the conversation, she received informati
on that The Icon Group did business correctly and she wanted to clarify because she was attacked by online society until she was damaged. So, he suggested that she appear on the show Hon Krasae because it is a reliable show. However, he did not confirm whether she would be right or wrong if she appeared on the show.

Mr. Ratthaphum confirmed that after the conversation that night, he did not get hired and did not receive 20 million baht, and he is confident that the negotiation took longer than 29 minutes, as shown in the audio clip. Therefore, he believes that some parts of the audio clip were edited to damage himself. At this time, it is not yet known who edited the clip, but the lawyer is in the process of collecting information to prepare to file a complaint with the relevant parties.

The conversation in the audio clip took place in October. The company had a marketing budget of about 20 million baht. The conversation was made through a middleman. I run a production company that received the job. I was t
old through the middleman that a figure had been agreed upon and that the big company wanted to spend 20 million baht, which would be paid in cash. I would go and find information about what I could do with that amount of money. Later, there was a presentation of the work as shown in the clip.

Last night, he admitted that he spoke with Mr. Kanchai Kamnerdploy, the host of the program Hon Krasae, to apologize for using his name without permission, but he insisted that he did not intend to harm anyone. Mr. Ratthaphum raised his hands in a wai to the media to apologize to Mr. Kanchai for using his name to sell his work. As for his current political status, he is still a member of the Palang Pracharath Party. He has not spoken with any senior members of the party, but if the party calls him for questioning, he is willing to explain every case to confirm his innocence.