AFP, BANGKOK
A Thai court yesterday jailed a singer dubbed Thailand’s Michael Jackson for two years for killing two people while driving while drunk.Manasawin Nantasen, known as Tik Shiro, rose to fame in the late 1980s and 1990s for his fedora hat, leather jackets and dance moves, earning comparisons to pop icon Michael Jackson.The 64-year-old singer was driving his vehicle across a bridge in Bangkok in October 2024 when he hit a stationary motorbike.
Thai singer Tik Shiro. He was sentenced on Wednesday for two-year jail for killing two people while drunk driving.
Photo grab from FB tikshiroofficial
He killed a 28-year-old woman who was on the bike, and knocked her brother, 21, off the bridge, leaving him critically injured, police said.The brother later died in hospital from his injuries.
