No alcohol sales all day today: Jail for lawbreakers

[rooster59]

No alcohol sales all day today: Jail for lawbreakers

 

Image: Thai Rath

 

The Royal Thai police have reminded everyone that today is a Buddhist holiday and there is to be no alcohol sold throughout the country - or else. 

 

The word came from up on high in the government via the RTP chief General Chakthip Chaijinda to his spokesman Pol Col Krissada Pattanacharoen. 

 

The ban for Visakha Bucha Day is in place from midnight last night to midnight tonight - a 24 hour period. 

 

People caught selling alcohol are liable to a 10,000 baht fine and six months in jail - and Krissada said the police mean business. 

 

The holiday marks the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord Buddha. 

 

Monday is a national day off because the holiday falls on a weekend. 

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

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[lemonjelly]

Buddha would’ve let people decide for themselves; this is just another S.E. Asian country that has <deleted> in uniforms oppressing people.

[Bluespunk]

31 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The holiday marks the birth, enlightenment 

I don’t drink, so on a personal level, I don’t really care.

 

However, I do see the irony of a ban on personal choices being enforced on a day celebrating enlightenment. 

[dinsdale]

Just rediculous. There will be today, as there is everyday, people drinking alcohol.

[peter14]

LOL just LOL and ROTF . Shouldn't general and other same species focus on front line war? Send all those puppet nin Syria and Irak for training. ...

Edited May 18, 2019 by peter14
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[alant]

6 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Oh dear. The sky has fallen in for the alcoholics on their bar stools. One whole day without alcohol. The horror.

Oh dear, another opportunity for the holier than thou to class all that want a drink as alcoholics and make a sarcastic remark.

[legend49]

Is there any stats on how many are arrested? Or is it just planning I mean talking LOL.

[KhunKenAP]

No change, except lights in bars turned off.

 

[AhFarangJa]

[Vacuum]

I bought Sangsom in my local hole-in-the-wall shop at the market this morning, no problem, as usual.

[Lemonltr]

According the the Thai public holiday list publication, Visaka Bucha day is Monday 20th. Banks closed. 

[jimmyyy]

Really!  Up here in Bumfuckistan Issaan, bars open as usual, already see the low cow boys bellying up.

[Pilotman]

usual line up of miserable looking muppets spouting their inane rubbish.  Thais must kill themselves laughing when they see these pictures, I certainly do. Mrs P usually makes a big huff sound as she looks at them, dismisses them all as corrupt incompetents and then gets on with her life. 

Edited May 18, 2019 by Pilotman

[KhunFred]

On the last such "alcohol-free" day, I went down to the mini mart in my condo complex to get a beer and there was a huge sign on the coolers saying "no alcohol sold today". I did a u-turn, but the security guard caught me and said: "Just ASK".  All I had to do was open the cooler and get the beer. Farang privilege.
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[les Dennis]

The pitiful thing is, they will probably send officers round pubs and restaurants to check. If only they allocated this much man power to serious crime offenders. We all know people are still going to find a drink if they really want one, why not set up a breathalyser road checks and if they are really keen to find out whos selling, offer a reduced fine if they can prove they drank in a certain bar. That would put the cat amongst the pigeons. Bust one perp and get one free. ????

[bristolgeoff]

the old coffee cup trick will work and the mum and pop shop will be ok to buy beer on any day along with a supply of local

[Pilotman]

11 minutes ago, les Dennis said:

The pitiful thing is, they will probably send officers round pubs and restaurants to check. If only they allocated this much man power to serious crime offenders. We all know people are still going to find a drink if they really want one, why not set up a breathalyser road checks and if they are really keen to find out whos selling, offer a reduced fine if they can prove they drank in a certain bar. That would put the cat amongst the pigeons. Bust one perp and get one free. ????

It's probably them selling it? 

[NanLaew]

5 minutes ago, madmen said:

The usual recovering alcoholic reply

The typically pontifical riposte

[Lacessit]

22 minutes ago, samuttodd said:

for a real alcoholic,  it could be a death sentence.

The death sentence comes when an alcoholic's liver is so far gone they start shitting blood. Time off alcohol actually gives the liver some respite.

[Lacessit]

10 minutes ago, madmen said:

The usual recovering alcoholic reply

Possibly so. However, I am not one of them. I have been drunk about 3 - 4 times in my whole life, and didn't enjoy the aftermath. I am lucky to have some kind of internal switch which, after 2 or 3 alcoholic drinks, says I've had enough. I drink on weekends, and enjoy it. Don't drink on weekdays.

I've noticed you have a gift for jumping to conclusions about other posters. Please continue, it's entertaining.

[DPKANKAN]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Just rediculous. There will be today, as there is everyday, people drinking alcohol.

And plenty selling it too!!

[Skeptic7]

41 minutes ago, robblok said:

I don't drink or at least almost never. Can not drink for months. 

 

Point is not really the not drinking but some stupid religion telling people what to do. That is what i disagree with.

 

But I do agree people should be able to go without alcohol for a day. 

Great post UNTIL u had go on with that last sentence. Nobody has ever said here, on any such thread, that they just couldn't survive without alcohol for a day. Or that they were gonna "go postal", keel over or commit harakiri. That is just something created by the booze adverse lot. Got a bone on for drink and drinkers for whatever reason. 

 

You made the point so well, then totally blinkered it up. 

Edited May 18, 2019 by Skeptic7

[RotBenz8888]

There won't be less traffic accidents. Due to withdrawal seizures and delirium it's likely to stay at about at the same level.

[Lacessit]

42 minutes ago, robblok said:

I don't drink or at least almost never. Can not drink for months. 

 

Point is not really the not drinking but some stupid religion telling people what to do. That is what i disagree with.

 

But I do agree people should be able to go without alcohol for a day. 

If you think religions are bad on telling people what to do with alcohol, just try them on human sexuality.

[toofarnorth]

Never mind the expat alcoholics ' Those that can not go without a drink for a day ' mob , the ones I DO feel sorry for are those that have arrived from a miserable cold climate , go to a bar on their hottest day ever and can't get one cold beer , they are possibly Christians not Buddhists and have been sitting on a plane for hours thinking of that first cold beer. ' Solly no hab , come back tomollow '.

[outsider]

Pity the tourists who are visiting Thailand over the weekend, and looking for some good time with good food and a few drinks.

[richard_smith237]

I have a different issue with this... 

 

Would a law have to be passed by Parliament for such an action to become illegal and a finable or a jailing offense?

 

The idea that someone in the Police Force, no matter how senior, can announce that something is illegal and therefor subject to fines is plan wrong. I'll use an extreme and unrealistic exaggeration to illustrate my point: What if the same senior members of the Police Force announced that wearing green T-shirts was against the law?

 

Is there actually ANY law at all against drinking alcohol today? or is just yet another ill thought out announcement which just shows the Police believe they can make up the law when they want?

 

If no such law exists I can't see how this announcement can have any legal bearing whatsoever.

[overherebc]

33 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Nasty, nonsensical comment. Smacks of someone who can't control their indulgences. Not you, of course. 

My thoughts are that people who are very vocal on alcohol and very vocal on ladyboys are most likely closet alcoholic ladyboy fanciers themselves.

Just sayin.

[Sticky Wicket]

4 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

Never mind the expat alcoholics ' Those that can not go without a drink for a day ' mob , the ones I DO feel sorry for are those that have arrived from a miserable cold climate , go to a bar on their hottest day ever and can't get one cold beer , they are possibly Christians not Buddhists and have been sitting on a plane for hours thinking of that first cold beer. ' Solly no hab , come back tomollow '.

At least the girls' fairies get a rest

[Cadbury]

I wonder does that police chief who receives 600,000 baht annually from a certain beverage company get his commission reduced proportionally on alcohol free days.