Man's Wedding to his 'Corpse Bride' Draws Criticism as 'Publicity Stunt' [VIDEO]

It wasn't meant to be a publicity stunt, but as a friend of the "groom" wrote in an opinion column this week in The Bangkok Post, the wedding between a heartbroken man and his 'corpse bride' is being described by some in that way.

A Thai television director, Chadil Deffy, also known as Deff Yingyuen, married his girlfriend of 10 years, Sarinya “Anne” Kamsook, early this month. The difference between their wedding and others is that the bride had been dead for days by the time the wedding took place.

Kamsook lay in a coffin as the wedding --- also a funeral --- took place at a temple in Surin Province, as the Pattaya Daily News reported at the time. While many saw the wedding as an acdt of love by a heartbroken Deffy, it was his later decision post photos and video of the event to Facebook and YouTube that has since drawn mixed reaction from the public.

Deffy is 28. During the ceremony, while wearing a black tuxedo, he placed a wedding ring on the finger of Kamsook, whose body was lying on a raised platform and dressed in a white bridal dress. Photos of the ceremony were placed by Deffy on his personal Facebook page in what might have been an ill-named photo album titled "Corpse Bride." At the same time, Deffy uploaded a video to YouTube (embedded below).

The couple had been together for 10 years. They met while both were studying at Eastern Asia University. While Kamsook brought up the possibility of marriage, Deffy had demurrred. Kamsook died in a car accident on Jan. 3 at the age of 29. It is perhaps because he had "rebuffed" Kamsook somewhat, that might have led to the decision of the wedding, which his friend called "an attempt to right a wrong."

Onsiri Pravattiyagul is a friend of Deffy. This week, in The Bangkok Post, he wrote an opinion column. In it, he said,

"The 'wedding' was his attempt to right a wrong, however belated the gesture might have been.

"As expected, the initial public reaction was an outpouring of sympathy for the 'groom' and a wave of sentimental remarks. The romantically inclined were moved by this expression of 'true love,' however unconventional. It seemed to hit a nerve with many people. The offline media picked up on the buzz, too, and went to town with the story. Chadil found himself under a spotlight, experiencing an unexpected 15 minutes of fame.

"Also as expected, within days, the backlash began _ and it wasn't at all kind. In a heartbeat, Chadil went from being viewed as a hopeless romantic to being vilified as a publicity-hungry opportunist. It was also oh-so-predictable that members of the online society would start questioning the legitimacy of Chadil's claims to have had a relationship with the 'bride' and his real intentions in uploading those photos. There have been accusations that he didn't have any liaison with her at all and that the whole thing was staged as a publicity stunt. [...]

"I know Chadil personally. I believe his story, emotions and intentions to be true and pure. He did have a decade-old relationship with that woman. His heart really was broken when she was killed. He wasn't thinking about the possibility of fame when he decided to put a ring on her cold finger. He merely wanted to make things right, however small or inadequate the gesture might seem. I also know him to be a person whose heart is currently in shreds."

Onsiri Pravattiyagul doesn't believe this to be a stunt. However, he did admit that "If he were a complete stranger I wouldn't, of course, have had a clue why things happened the way they did. I'd probably have been tempted to jump on the backlash bandwagon."

Watch the video of the wedding below.

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