Feverish Toon Bodyslam recuperating in Chai Nat

CHAI NAT, Dec 11 (TNA) -- Rock star philanthropist Artiwara Kongmalai also known as Toon Bodyslam has been taken ill with fever and will be taking another day today to recover in Chai Nat province. Toon Bodyslam has been taken ill with fever and will be taking another day today to recover in Chai Nat province. It has been announced that he will be resuming his run on Tuesday. Originally, his plan was to take a one day rest in Chai Nat on Sunday and continue his run at 3am on Monday but his support team decided to change the plan because he was running a high temperature. The plan is now for Toon to take an additional day to rest and recover and resume on Tuesday. Toon has been able to raise more than 719 million baht in donations so far, surpassed his target of 700 million baht. Toon plans to raise 700 million baht for 11 public hospitals under the slogan “Kao Kon La Kao” or “Take One Step Each”. He started out in Betong district, Yala province, and his final destination is Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai. Meanwhile, the 31 Army Unit Housewives Group at the Jiraprawat Military Camp has created a 105 cm tall and 155 meter long metal framed dragon which will be skinned with canvas to which 20-1,000 baht bills from donations collected from the residents of Nakhon Sawan province will be attached. The bills will be folded to resemble scales and pinned to the dragon. They will then present the dragon to Toon when he arrives in Nakhon Sawan municipality. As of this report, a total of 59,845 Baht has already been attached to the dragon while several bills has been set aside to make the fins on the dragon's back which is undergoing the final touches so that it will be completed in time for Toon's arrival tomorrow. Once finished, there will be a total of 60,000 baht on the dragon. With regards to report circulating on the social media that the government plans to collect a 7% tax on the donations received in the run to fund refurbishment of police stations, purchase closed-circuit cameras and civil servant transport, the government spokesperson Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd denied the report, stating that he was curious what the perpetrator of the fake news wanted to achieve. (TNA)