Tattooed Thai gangster-turned-actor back in jail


(FILES) This file photo taken on May 19, 2017 shows Thai actor Panya Yimumphai posing during a photocall for the film A Prayer before Dawn at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.Better known by his gang name Keng Laiprang (Keng Camouflage), Panya began a three year jail sentence on August 23, 2017 on a conviction linked to a crime committed 10 years ago, back when he was an inmate. / AFP PHOTO / Anne-Christine POUJOULAT

BANGKOK: He turned heads on the red carpet at Cannes earlier this year with his face tattoos and is one of Thailand’s most popular social media stars, but gangster-turned-actor Panya Yimumphai (pic) is now back behind bars.

Better known by his gang name “Keng Laiprang” (Keng Camouflage), Panya began a three-year jail sentence on Wednesday on a conviction linked to a crime committed 10 years ago, when he was an inmate.

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