Thailand’s ‘Michael Jackson’ jailed over fatal drink-driving crash

A Thai court jailed on Wednesday 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 signature fedora hat, leather jackets and slick dance moves, earning comparisons to global 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.
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.
A video of the singe...