The owner of a hotel in Amnat Charoen sued a celebrity mor lum singer, “Kandy Rakkaen”, yesterday for allegedly posting that she saw ghosts at the hotel on Facebook.
Jindala Taimuangphol, owner of LJ The Emerald Hotel, filed a lawsuit against the 35-year-old singer yesterday, demanding compensation of THB990,000 for causing hotel guests to cancel their reservations after the alleged ghost sighting was put on Facebook.
The hotel’s lawyer, Chatchai Chansai, claimed that “Kandy Rakkaen” or Chanatcha Wongsawasdikul posted on Facebook on June 7 that the hotel “doesn’t have standards and is haunted by ghosts”.
No such statement can be found on her Facebook page, which has about 2,000 likes.
Chatchai said Kandy’s Facebook post has cost the hotel business because many customers, including a company bringing employees for a seminar, have canceled their bookings, losing the hotel THB990,000.
Chatchai added the hotel does not want the singer to go to jail but only wants to protect its reputation and receive compensation.
Kandy said today she has sent her lawyer to negotiate, adding she only wrote on Facebook to criticise the hotel’s service and that believing in ghosts is up to the individual, Khaosod reported.
“I only condemned the hotel’s service. The water ran out from my air-conditioner, and the hotel only put a bucket under it,” Kandy said. “About the ghosts, the subject is each individual’s belief. This should not have turned into a controversy at all.”
The hotel has also challenged the press to stay there for free to prove there are no ghosts.
Photos: Kandy Rakkaen
