Pattaya: We warned you about not going on the beach! Eleven foreigners taken to police station

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, Pilotman said:

That's because you dreamed it.  I see girls everywhere giving me admiring and lustful glances, but that's a dream too. 

It can not be a dream, your just such a Hansum man, it has to be real......

[Ventenio]

"Hey, you 20 people....you are all arrested!!"

 

"Now, let's get together real close so we can talk."

555555555

 

In six months there will be articles that say, "Well, it seems like we were wrong about Covid.....but, ah, sorry about your job and money.  OK, thanks for playing."  

[Boomer6969]

Had a brief conversation with my wife; asked her if she could see the disproportion between the lockdown measures and the COVID figures published in Thailand. Her answer was: "of course love, but this is a military government whose dream has always been to put the country into shackles. Now they can do it without any restraint, so it will last".

 

[Fatman666]

Thailand has nearly 3,000 Covid cases with 52 deaths  in 4 months- sit near the beach not allowed.

USA has over 1 milion cases with 56.800 deaths - the beaches are full again.

 

[Pilotman]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

It can not be a dream, your just such a Hansum man, it has to be real......

I wish

[NCC1701A]

17 minutes ago, Canuck1966 said:

White Zone on 4 May: Small outdoor shops and hawkers that are necessary in every day life, public parks & outdoor food vendors

Green Zone on 18 May: Small general shops that are air-conditioned and outdoor exercise venues.

Yellow Zone on 1 June: Department stores, community malls, markets, barbers & beauty clinics, dentist, badminton court & swimming pools

Red Zone on 15 June: High risk premises like movie theaters, massage shops, stadiums, pub, karaoke, gym, tutorial school, exhibition hall, meeting rooms etc

thanks i thought for sure this would be headlines here. 

[Oldie]

2 minutes ago, Fatman666 said:

Thailand has nearly 3,000 Covid cases with 52 deaths  in 4 months- sit near the beach not allowed.

USA has over 1 milion cases with 56.800 deaths - the beaches are full again.

 

Obviously what the Thai government does seems to work ????

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, Fatman666 said:

Thailand has nearly 3,000 Covid cases with 52 deaths  in 4 months- sit near the beach not allowed.

USA has over 1 milion cases with 56.800 deaths - the beaches are full again.

 

Albeit the beaches in the US are also closed and the folks just ignored those rules as well...Lifeguards in California were tobusy with rescues to actually arrest and clear the beaches there.

[bkk6060]

Purposely breaking the law.

Book um Dano.

Edited April 28, 2020 by bkk6060

[Jai Dee]

A troll post (and a reply) has been removed.

[bkk6060]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Albeit the beaches in the US are also closed and the folks just ignored those rules as well...Lifeguards in California were tobusy with rescues to actually arrest and clear the beaches there.

No.

The beaches were actually opened by some of the local governments.

And Lifeguards do not arrest people only on TV.

[eyup]

27 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

i just read about the phased reopening of bars in Thailand of June 15th. not seeing the story here anywhere. 

Perhaps because this thread is about people being arrested on the beach?  

[Berkshire]

8 minutes ago, Fatman666 said:

Thailand has nearly 3,000 Covid cases with 52 deaths  in 4 months- sit near the beach not allowed.

USA has over 1 milion cases with 56.800 deaths - the beaches are full again.

 

It's not quite that way in the US.  In California, beaches are closed in LA and SD counties, but open in Ventura and Orange counties.  The CA GOV may crack down because of the abuses.  His comments are probably similar to the thinking in Pattaya....

 

[GOV Newsom: "But if there are people thumbing their nose and abusing it, putting their lives at risk because they're impacting the lives of others, and ultimately setting back the cause of reopening the economy as quickly as we'd like to, I think we may have to do a little bit more."]

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/gavin-newsom-beaches-california/index.html

 

 

[anchadian]

32 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

i just read about the phased reopening of bars in Thailand of June 15th. not seeing the story here anywhere. 

Unrelated to this thread.

[brucec64]

1 hour ago, z42 said:

Complete overkill. People and authorities have completely lost the plot and all sense of reality this last couple of months.

 

Sure Covid 19 is a dangerous bug to catch for some. But the risk should be weighted against other necessities for the modern world.

 

This virus is NOT ebola, the virus by itself doesn't kill by itself ftom what has been reported.

 

By the authorities becoming so heavy handed they are just creating more problems. 

 

Quite a few on the threads need to get a dose of reality too. Some hilariously OTT posts of late regarding covid19. 

I think two issues.

 

First is whether or not this current law is right or wrong. This can be debated for hours and there are a lot of viewpoints from the virus being like ebola to this being a "hoaxdemic".  There are now literally thousands of posts in other threads on this so no real need to pull out the same arguments on this thread.

 

But whether you agree with the law or not is not really the point here. It is the law. This restriction has been heavily advertised for over a week. In the media, signs on the beach, and trucks going up and down the beach, and many warnings have been made. So, basically bad luck for these guys. Hopefully they will just get off with a minor fine, and the authorities will have made their example.

[anchadian]

And the Bangkok Post's headline is '23 caught enjoying Pattaya beach'.

Edited April 28, 2020 by anchadian

[Logosone]

Why on earth would you not be allowed to swim in the sea?

 

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, Logosone said:

Why on earth would you not be allowed to swim in the sea?

 

Why? because the Corona Rainbow fish will get you....

Corona Rainbowfish

Animal

The corona rainbowfish is a species of fish in the family Melanotaeniidae. It is endemic to West Papua in Indonesia. 

[Boomer6969]

7 minutes ago, Logosone said:

Why on earth would you not be allowed to swim in the sea?

 

I thought you could, provided you were wearing a mask.

[DLock]

38 minutes ago, Fatman666 said:

Thailand has nearly 3,000 Covid cases with 52 deaths  in 4 months- sit near the beach not allowed.

USA has over 1 milion cases with 56.800 deaths - the beaches are full again.

 

 

You post actually supports the beach bans given the numbers of infected and dead in the USA.

 

...not sure that was your intention.

[time2093]

1 hour ago, Liverpoolfan said:

so by my calculations this would equate to 14,600 baht pocketed for the BIB.

11 x 1,000 for the farangs & 12 x 300 for the Thais.

All off the books of course.

 

Not bad for a mornings work, especially during covid-19 ????

Where did you get 1,000 bht. I think the fine is a tad higher then a traffic ticket. More like trying to squeeze the max 100,000 bht fine from the falang and 1,000 bht for the Thais.

[baansgr]

47 minutes ago, Fatman666 said:

Thailand has nearly 3,000 Covid cases with 52 deaths  in 4 months- sit near the beach not allowed.

USA has over 1 milion cases with 56.800 deaths - the beaches are full again.

 

You have just given proof that controlled distancing and curfews etc work

[Rimmer]

An inflammatory post has been removed

[Oldie]

19 minutes ago, Logosone said:

Why on earth would you not be allowed to swim in the sea?

 

As far as I know it is allowed to swim in the sea as long as you don't use the beach...

[AhFarangJa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Eleven foreigners and twelve Thais were rounded up and taken into custody. 

So why oh why did the headline not state this !!!! 

[norfolkandchance]

At least they where smartly dressed.

[z42]

54 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The song "Dream On" comes to mind after reading your post.  You can complain all you want, but a Decree and rules with regulations have been made.  Warnings have been given on a daily basis, but then some people want to behave like they know what is best for the rest of the world do what they want.  I get it, I want to do things that I can not do now, but I do not flout the regulations put forth, nor do I try to take the government to task for what I see as a perceived disenfranchising of people and rights.  Maybe you can do it for us, since you seem to understand epidemiology....

I don't care about the restrictions tbh, I obeyed them and was / am happy enough to stay home and make the odd trip to 7/11 or the market.

 

I am happy enough around my home as there's always plenty to do.

 

My issue is some of the people calling others irresponsible for not wearing a mask outdoors or even sitting in a public space with their mates for an hour or 2 before going home again.

 

My 2nd issue is the fact that the government have locked things down but not provided anything financial for those who've been left jobless. My partner hasn't made a baht for almost 2 months, and the govt haven't even acknowledged whether she's eligible for assistance yet.

 

So back onto the topic at hand. People shouldn't be getting locked up for arbitrary infringements, am sure a stern warning and some advice would have sufficed.

 

By criminalizing people you're creating new problems on top of existing ones. And by not allowing people to work you're (not you personally) making people more desperate.

 

The lockdown til June does look like control as confirmed cases are dropping and people do by and large understand their civic duties by now.

[OnTheGround]

The message has been very clear since April 13.

 

 

Fines up to 100,000

Jail up to 1 year.

 

 

[sammieuk1]

The swimmers should end up in the asylum the walkers deported such criminality can't be tolerated????

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, sammieuk1 said:

The swimmers should end up in the asylum the walkers deported such criminality can't be tolerated????

So...1000 lashes with a wet noodle because it was on beach road.....As it has been said.  You could put all the signs up you want, people are blinded for there own needs and do not see what is in plain sight because as they feel, it does not pertain to them  Stupid is as Stupid Does...