No alcohol sales all day today: Jail for lawbreakers

[rooster59 7,320]

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 6,343]

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

[Bluespunk 43,798]

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 2,889]

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

[peter14 137]

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 by peter14
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[alant 1,968]

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 825]

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

[KhunKenAP 92]

No change, except lights in bars turned off.

 

[AhFarangJa 8,069]

[Vacuum 8,961]

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

[Lemonltr 676]

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

[jimmyyy 942]

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

[Pilotman 5,630]

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 by Pilotman

[KhunFred 1,260]

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 352]

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.