Foam parties banned during Songkran

By Suriya Patathayo, 
Jessada Chantharak 
The Nation

 

 

Songkran foam parties have been banned this year in the interest of public safety, national police deputy commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan said on Friday.

 

Chalermkiat said there had been several deaths and injuries by electrocution at foam parties during previous Songkran festivals.

 

He said that police have also been instructed to provide security at Songkran celebration venues and not to collect bribes from foreign migrant workers travelling back to home countries during Songkran.

 

Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj General Sukhun Phrommayon said that nearly 2,000 police officers and related officials will patrol 49 Songkran celebration venues across the city where 128,900 revellers were expected. 

 

Some 60,000 revellers were expected to celebrate in Silom Road area, and 14,000 at the Royal City Avenue (RCA), 10,000 at the "S2O" event on Rama 9 Road, 5,000 at "The Street Ratchada" mall, 5,000 at Central World and 5,000 at Siam Square, he said.

 

Sukhun also urged revellers not to wear "too revealing clothes" to help prevent sexual harassment and said people should pour water and put powder on others appropriately in keeping with good Songkran tradition. As for those travelling upcountry during Songkran, the city police would implement a home-watch scheme to ensure their houses were safe.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30367209

 

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Absolutely hilarious. These fools putting out such edicts are a joke and a disgrace.

 

Banning foam parties because of past electrocutions, telling bent coppers not to extort the needy and vulnerable, telling tourists how to dress as there are perverts everywhere and the cops are only capable of reactive work.

 

What a shower.

"...He said that police have also been instructed to provide security at Songkran celebration venues and not to collect bribes from foreign migrant workers travelling back to home countries during Songkran..."

 

Well, that is that!

 

Perfect, all-encompassing, effective, alert security at all Songkran entertainment venues and no bribes will be collected from people travelling back to their home countries.

 

Glad this has been cleared up.

 

If you don't laugh, you'll cry yourself a river...

 

 

1 hour ago, z42 said:

Absolutely hilarious. These fools putting out such edicts are a joke and a disgrace.

 

Banning foam parties because of past electrocutions, telling bent coppers not to extort the needy and vulnerable, telling tourists how to dress as there are perverts everywhere and the cops are only capable of reactive work.

 

What a shower.

No mention of showers. Maybe they are still ok.

1 hour ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...He said that police have also been instructed to provide security at Songkran celebration venues and not to collect bribes from foreign migrant workers travelling back to home countries during Songkran..."

 

Well, that is that!

 

Perfect, all-encompassing, effective, alert security at all Songkran entertainment venues and no bribes will be collected from people travelling back to their home countries.

 

Glad this has been cleared up.

 

If you don't laugh, you'll cry yourself a river...

 

 

Honestly, that comment coming in an official police press release is almost unbelievable, even for Thailand

Once again, the police reminder says,  not to take bribes during the festival.  So does that it mean that otherwise it's "tolerated" ? after the festival the good ole extorsion can start again ?

 

Why not plainly say that any cop at any period of the year will be sacked and jailed if he takes a bribe ? Maybe it would mean that if this was enforced, there will be hardly any cops left in Thailand !

On Facebook lately, I've been seeing nothing but ads for various kinds of foam parties in the BKK area and thereabouts now and for the coming week plus.

 

Perhaps they didn't get the police's message. Or, they don't care!

 

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Some 60,000 revellers were expected to celebrate in Silom Road area, and 14,000 at the Royal City Avenue (RCA), 10,000 at the "S2O" event on Rama 9 Road, 5,000 at "The Street Ratchada" mall, 5,000 at Central World and 5,000 at Siam Square, he said.

Sounds like hell. 

24 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Honestly, that comment coming in an official police press release is almost unbelievable, even for Thailand

Almost ????????????????????

Every Songkran.... there is a galatically idiotic and ridiculous statement made by someone in a position of power Banning something or other... 

 

.... this year it's foam parties... As if anyone at all is going to take any notice whatsoever. 

 

 

Just another announcement in the perpetual contribution to the farcical imagine portrayed - its a shame, they could do so much better with just a little bit of common sense. 

 

 

 

 

They did find a little more fun to suck out!
I thought they’d gotten it all when banning drinking in the water festival zones.

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Chalermkiat said there had been several deaths and injuries by electrocution at foam parties

Blimey .. Best tell 'em to go easy on the sud's at the local soapy parlours .. 

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

Blimey .. Best tell 'em to go easy on the sud's at the local soapy parlours .. 

Luckily the rubber lilos prevent electrocution... 

1 hour ago, lamyai3 said:

Luckily the rubber lilos prevent electrocution... 

At first, I thought that said rubber dildos too early in the morning 

They should just ban everything on Songkran.


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Every Songkran.... there is a galatically idiotic and ridiculous statement made by someone in a position of power Banning something or other... 
 
.... this year it's foam parties... As if anyone at all is going to take any notice whatsoever. 
 
 
Just another announcement in the perpetual contribution to the farcical imagine portrayed - its a shame, they could do so much better with just a little bit of common sense. 
 
 
 
 

Songkran; banned on Songkran?


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Just now I think they are nervous about large gatherings of people.

24 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

At first, I thought that said rubber dildos too early in the morning 

Lilos, dildos and condoms, all will keep you safe

1 hour ago, lamyai3 said:

Lilos, dildos and condoms, all will keep you safe

Only if used correctly. They are not interchangeable.

 

hehe

3 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Luckily the rubber lilos prevent electrocution... 

lilos? I thought those sex toy were spelt with a couple of 'd's.

Foam, ice, water, powder... wait for it.  Golden Showers Parties. 

Ban songkran in critical drought areas like Phuket.

3 minutes ago, jlwilliamsjr18 said:

Foam, ice, water, powder... wait for it.  Golden Showers Parties. 

So no more taking the piss?

 

Again, with edicts like this and the ban on Ts with beer names emblazoned, I am wondering how the expats feel who fled the nanny motherland.

13 hours ago, madmitch said:

Honestly, that comment coming in an official police press release is almost unbelievable, even for Thailand

Don't cry a river, please, Pattaya beach can't have that!

4 minutes ago, elgenon said:

Again, with edicts like this and the ban on Ts with beer names emblazoned, I am wondering how the expats feel who fled the nanny motherland.

Quite handy all those nanny motherland safety nets.

Cost a bit of tax, true.

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Chalermkiat said there had been several deaths and injuries by electrocution at foam parties during previous Songkran festivals.

The idea making statements like this, you only get when your brain water already lathers.
So, people get electrocuted by foam during Songkran and not by rain during the rest of the year? And why blame the foam and not improper installed electric cables? Maybe this is just another missed chance to blame the vicious Mother Nature as the culprit.
 

Stop Thai police from taking bribes is like stopping gravity .... only in outer space 

pretty sure it is not too healthy from what the bubbles are made, but who cares in TIT

Breaking news FUN has now been banned....but you can still run over someone's head steaming drunk and pay 1000 baht penalty as long as you are THAI.