Pretty woman versus top cop

THE hot gossip among Thais these days is about Nong Nat, a 21-year-old actress who has inadvertently become the main attraction in a crackdown on the pornographic film industry. 

It all comes down to a story about a pretty woman versus a top cop with the classic theme of sleaze and power. 

Nong Nat, whose real name is Kessarin Chaichalermpol, was the star of a porn flick that was made when she was 19 years old.

But it was a case of history coming alive for Nong Nat when Visut Vanichbut, the National Police Bureau’s registration department deputy chief, told a Thai newspaper that police were seeking her help in their investigation into producers of adult movies. 

PORN TROUBLE: Nong Nat being escorted by police officers after her meeting with official.

She turned up for questioning. As it turned out, she now faces charges for having performed in a porn movie and contravening Thai laws. 

News reports stated that she looked emotionally drained that day; she told police she had been crying every day. 

The more high-brow English newspapers here paid cursory attention to the story but the mass circulation Thai language dailies have been besotted with the tale although there are different versions to it. 

According to one version, the porn VCD that carried Nong Nat’s name was made in Japan several years ago with a Japanese lead actor. So, people are asking: why is Nong Nat being singled out only now? 

Tongues are wagging that someone had wanted, but failed, to have his way with Nong Nat and this led to the swords being drawn against her. 

The actress has been making TV appearances, sometimes with blood-shot eyes. Besides acknowledging that she had been paid handsomely for her porn role, she questioned why Visut had gone after her through the press. 

“From the day he threatened to arrest me, he has talked to the newspapers every day. I don’t know any other reason, except that he may have wanted to call attention to himself,” she said. 

Visut, on his part, was quoted by The Nation that he was merely doing his job and he had not forced Nong Nat to surrender. 

“Many people believe what I have done was wrong. That is up to them. I issued the summons. She has the right to come or not,” he said. 

As expected, there is discussion on the Internet about this. 

Someone posted his comments, saying: “It seems almost like the police department wants to be famous for getting a big break on cracking the porn industry. I believe the investigation should have been conducted in a more discreet manner. 

“If the plan is to eradicate the problem once and for all, making this such big news won’t do much good. Do you really think that the guy who made the movie would be around for the police to catch him?” 

Furthermore, he said, the Thai public loved an underdog and Nong Nat’s TV appearances had won over the viewers. 

Others beg to differ, noting that Nong Nat was no angel herself. 

Still, the story will blow over like any other affair because the case has been reportedly sent to the district level from the Crime Suppression Division which was supposed to have handled it initially. 

Nong Nat is probably learning the harsh lesson that the past has a peculiar and cruel way of catching up with a person. 

Still, she may just have the last laugh because offers have poured in from magazines, TV stations, and modelling and advertising agencies wanting her to make an appearance at a princely sum. 

But for now, she is reportedly seeking peace of mind by taking refuge in a temple.  

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