Worapoj Petchkoom, a popular Thai boxer and the national team flag holder at the Beijing Olympics, may miss out on the medals in London, after appearing in his underwear in a photoshoot for gay magazine, Stage.

Officials from the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand (ABAT) have warned Petchkoom that he may serve a one year ban from boxing, after concerns were raised that his actions were inappropriate.

General Thaweep Jantharoj, the President of the ABAT, said: "We will question him. After we listen to him, we will mete out punishment," reports Inside the Games.

Petchkoom claims that he did not realise that he was posing for a gay magazine and denies being homosexual.

Petchkoom, 28, told the Joh Jai TV programme: "I thought it was an honour to be invited to grace the cover of a magazine on its third anniversary.

"I became sceptical when I was told to wear just underpants.

"They said everything was going to be okay because it would show my abdomen muscles."

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Taiwan's military has launched a probe into an obscene video involving two male sergeants while on duty, in a scandal that has sparked public outrage.

A cable news channel last week aired a video showing the soldiers, who were clad in camouflage uniforms, apparently engaged in oral sex while around 40 other servicemen looked on and laughed.

An initial investigation showed that the sex scandal happened three years ago as a group of sergeants of a reserve brigade were taking a training course, Taipei's Apple Daily reported.

It cited Reserve Command sources as saying that an initial investigation showed that 32 people may be investigated, although all but one have retired from the army.

The defence ministry last week apologised for the scandal that has tarnished the military's image.

The footage drew heated criticism of the ministry from both the ruling and opposition parties, with some lawmakers threatening to cut the defence budget.

"It is intolerable that military discipline has deteriorated to such an extent. The defence ministry does not deserve a single penny for its budget," opposition lawmaker Yeh Yi-jin told reporters.

"It is unbelievable that such behaviour is going on in the military," said lawmaker Chiu Yi of the ruling Kuomintang. "Shame on them."

The video is the latest in a series of scandals to have hit the island's military.

A recent crackdown has led to the investigation of 114 generals for alleged corruption or bribing their way to their rank.

The probe, one of the biggest in the history of the island's armed forces, was launched in April after a retired lieutenant general was indicted on charges of bribery, blackmail and leaking secrets.

The Edison Chen photo scandal involved the illegal distribution over the Internet of intimate and private photographs of Hong Kong actor Edison Chen with various women, including actresses Gillian Chung, Bobo Chan, and Cecilia Cheung. The scandal shook the Hong Kong entertainment industry in early 2008 and received high profile media attention locally and around the world. Many local newspapers headlined the story consecutively during the first fortnight of February 2008, relegating coverage of the 2008 Chinese winter storms to secondary prominence during Chinese New Year.

The Hong Kong police enlisted the assistance of Interpol to stem the spread of the photographs. Ten people were arrested in connection with the distribution of the photographs. A computer technician was convicted of three counts of obtaining access to a computer with dishonest intent, and received a custodial sentence of eight and a half months.

The police crackdown raised questions over violations of the privacy and free speech rights of Internet users.[5] The manner in which actors, their management, and the police handled the situation, in turn, made those arrested into heroes for some Internet users.

Chen admitted being the author and copyright owner of most of the photographs, and stated that the private photographs had been stolen and published illegally without his consent. He made a public apology, especially to the women involved, and also announced that he would "step away indefinitely" from the Hong Kong entertainment industry.