Manager Demands Answers on 7-Year Child Recognition Delay Despite DNA Proof
Prachachai Hai Thongkam, manager of singer Farida, publicly questions why her child's father Tintin refuses to sign legal recognition papers despite conclusive DNA evidence, insisting on a seven-year delay. He highlights unpaid hospital and prenatal costs totaling hundreds of thousands of baht, and argues that recognition from birth would secure the child's support and inheritance rights immediately. Prachachai urges Farida to move on and focus on the child's wellbeing.
Prachachai Hai Thongkam speaks out on the family drama between singer Farida Hai Thongkam and her child's father, Tintin. He asks why they must wait seven more years for child recognition when DNA evidence is already known to everyone. Child support remains unresolved, and he believes society should judge whether the father fulfills his duties. He wants to see proper child care and asks Farida to move on, saying the father loves only the child, not her.
Regarding Farida, Prachachai says he has let it go. He feels his efforts to clarify matters have been met with mood swings, possibly due to depression or bipolar issues. He says the women's side posts whatever they want, and followers are tired. He urges them to settle their mindset first and focus on the child.
On child support, he says hospital costs for the C-section birth (460,000 baht) should be split 230,000 each, but the father hasn't paid. Prenatal costs for eight months also remain unpaid. The father now says he'll only sign recognition papers in seven years. Prachachai says he isn't pressuring anyone; the child was born because of another man, and he's not hanging on anyone's coattails. He'll just focus on working forward.
He argues recognition can happen from birth, not at age seven. Since the father already gave the child his surname, he should have signed then. Waiting seven years contradicts genuine intent. DNA is already proven, so a court order isn't needed. Recognition today would activate support rights and inheritance rights immediately; delaying seven years postpones those rights.
Asked if society misunderstands that recognition already happened, Prachachai confirms it hasn't. Tintin says he'll sign in seven years, claiming the child isn't yet seven so recognition isn't possible. But recognition is possible from birth. Giving a surname doesn't equal legal recognition. If it did, why say seven more years? It contradicts the supposed pure intention.
Asked why he won't sign now when everything is proven, Prachachai says he doesn't know. He was told not to speak much, like lawyer Punada advised. Now his own lawyer, Prachachai, also says not to talk much.
