Drinkers caught out by social media rule carrying Bt50,000 punishment

By The Nation

 

 

Drinkers in Thailand are advised to be careful when posting pictures of themselves partying, after several citizens were called to meet law enforcement officials for defying the law.

 

Under Section 32 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, posting a photo of an alcoholic drink on social media can be punished with a fine of up to Bt500,000.

 

Section 32 prohibits Internet users from promoting the drinking of alcohol, or revealing logos or labels of beverages. Anyone who violates the rule faces a fine of between Bt50,000 and Bt500,000.

 

However, violations are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with law enforcement officials applying punishment according to the severity of the case. No rewards are offered for reporting violations.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389260?utm_source=category&utm_medium=internal_referral

 

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6 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Under Section 32 of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, posting a photo of an alcoholic drink on social media can be punished with a fine of up to Bt500,000.

sheer idiocy; reflecting the sheer idiots who formed that law; this country just continues it's downward trajectory

Edited June 8, 20206 yr by YetAnother

So, I need to turn off all the hundreds of FB photos on my personal page or scour through them all to find each one that might show a b**r and delete them?!!! For real?!!!!!!!!!!

How do they know it's actually booze from a photo?  

1 minute ago, SteveK said:

How do they know it's actually booze from a photo?  

Yeah I mean I've got cellulose  thinners in a  Lao  bottle as  bought, mind you I wouldn't drink that, I  might I suppose, if she was  really  ugly?

Just say its singha water.

Why start another topic?  already discussed elsewhere!

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167531-social-media-users-warned-after-company-fined-50k-thb-sharing-beer-photos-on-facebook/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-15497976

Edited June 8, 20206 yr by Yorkshire Tea

Another benign thing you cannot do in Thailand,they keep mounting up,

and up to a 500,000 fine, that's even more than picking up a Starfish in

Phuket ,is there any proof that seeing a bottle of beer or whiskey is going

to turn you into an alcoholic,it's like seeing a picture of a young hot lady

is that going to turn you into a sex maniac,only the Government thinks 

it could????

regards worgeordie

11 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

it's like seeing a picture of a young hot lady

is that going to turn you into a sex maniac,only the Government thinks 

it could????

regards worgeordie

No, I had one young lady when she saw my hot body it turned her into a raving nymphomaniac Im guilty

Is this just another money grab by the Government.  What a way to drive your tourism into the toilet as folks can now be fined for showing themselves partying while in Thailand....go figure.

48 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

No, I had one young lady when she saw my hot body it turned her into a raving nymphomaniac Im guilty

My body seems to be the cure for her condition.  ????

1 hour ago, YetAnother said:

sheer idiocy; reflecting the sheer idiots who formed that law; this country just continues it's downward trajectory

Well there is an alternative. Would you stay with an ugly woman.

18 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Is this just another money grab by the Government.  What a way to drive your tourism into the toilet as folks can now be fined for showing themselves partying while in Thailand....go figure.

What tourism?

4 hours ago, JCP108 said:

So, I need to turn off all the hundreds of FB photos on my personal page or scour through them all to find each one that might show a b**r and delete them?!!! For real?!!!!!!!!!!

it just gets worse

 

stupid people

Ridiculous law for a country like Thailand. If this was Saudi Arabia then yeah. 

Ye Gods their stupidity knows no bounds 

The Thai government are turning the place

into something resembling an Army Barracks.

I'm going AWOL to the UK mate PDQ.

topic runs here:

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1167531-social-media-users-warned-after-company-fined-50k-thb-sharing-beer-photos-on-facebook/

 

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