Foreign divers face jail and 100K fines for underwater selfies they posted on YouTube

[cardinalblue]

Does their damage compare to actual damage and loss of sea life from intentionally dumping of garbage/hazardous waste from boats and from beaches/inlets?

 

no comparison - thai officials Just too damn lazy to prosecute real culprits to sea life....

[scammed]

easiest way is to deal death penalty to all scuba divers in thailand, humans are not fish, its a perversion

[TheFishman1]

Unbelievable Amazing Thailand only foreign do that not any Thai people TIT

[smew]

Do not stop there.. fine all the Thais that throw refuse and rubbish and litter the land and the sea .   

[samsensam]

 

while the punishment is incompatable with the crime, i do find it disappointing that someone who makes their livelihood from nature has so little respect for it. boasting on social media and chasing 'likes' has much to answer for.

[SymS]

One time I entered in contact with a Jelly Fish, my leg remembers very well... But I just wonder... "have I broken the law?"

[Yinn]

1 hour ago, Kaopad999 said:

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time... 



 

A VERY over dramatic Thaivisa translation.

Again. 

 

That is the maximum. (100,000, one year)  (Thaivisa translator forget to mention?) 

 

They will not go jail one year. Sure. 

 

Rediculous report like that. 

 

Headline from Thai report.

“Two foreigner arrested for selfie with sea animal”

= TVF headline 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Foreign divers face jail and 100K fines for underwater selfies they posted on YouTube

 

[thai dweller]

Let them rot in prison.

[Tarteso]

Thanks God ! Almost they are safe and don’t get the death sentence or life in prison... for touch a fish.

[TheFreqFlyer]

1 hour ago, bodga said:

whose demanding it?is  it Thai netizens again, suggest they go arrest  all their filthy fisherman who dump tons of trash into the sea off their  boats, ridiculous AS USUAL, bloody foreigners again eh, yeah never  a  Thais  fault EVER.

How can netizens "demand" anything anyway? It's the government which makes/enforces rules, not angry people online. 

[Tarteso]

21 minutes ago, SymS said:

One time I entered in contact with a Jelly Fish, my leg remembers very well... But I just wonder... "have I broken the law?"

IF happened in Thailand? .. YES

[Deli]

They are clowns, stupid and did wrong. No quesation and they need a slap on thed wrist, as locals would get. However, what about the hordes of mainly Chinese, who have been taken out to National Marine Parks and who trampeled on anything under water ? Nobody gave a rat's @rse, as it was profitable for many people.

[Boomer6969]

1 hour ago, herwin1234 said:

the diving community strictly obeys a Dont Touch rule

Ok, now tell me what happens to the beginner diver who doesn't control his buoyancy and spends most of his dives breaking corals with his fins?  

 

Death penalty?

 

Seems you have a very theoretical view of what recreational divers are. 

[sammieuk1]

LOS land of sentences ???? 

[sherwood]

Dear oh dear, what a funny place Thailand is. You can run over a Policeman and get away with it but pick up a sea creature and put it back you might go to jail.

Remarkable land of cra.heads.

[lkv]

I, as a netizen, feel outraged.

 

I was having coffee, then I read this, cannot even finish the coffee anymore.

 

Death penalty!

[kcpattaya]

Life in prison or death penalty for these wild-life terrorists!
 

[Wavel]

Som Nam Na. Tourists wouldn’t know, but a dive instructor does know better. Silly boys. On the other hand the Local Thai authorities Only see a quick buck coming their way. Not the damage it will do to future tourism in the area. If it was a local nothing would be said.

[robbioff]

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Stupid behavior to touch/ handle marine life, even stupider to film yourself while doing it and incredibly stupid to post that vid on youtube.

And an even stoo pider comment 

[stevenl]

27 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

Ok, now tell me what happens to the beginner diver who doesn't control his buoyancy and spends most of his dives breaking corals with his fins?  

 

Death penalty?

 

Seems you have a very theoretical view of what recreational divers are. 

That beginner diver should start in the swimming pool, and after that over sand.

[Scot123]

What utter rubbish and so many experts hitting keyboards with their Sh!t! Meanwhile fishermen catch and kill Whale sharks in their nets along with sea turtle's etc, ripeup coral reefs with nets and anchors. Shushshsh.. Dugans killed one can go on and on but have a westerner touching really common sea creatures OMFG.... hang them.... Next time all you do godess are at the beach and see a woman selling crabs or a child picking up a crab be ready report them to the police... 

[Benmart]

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Have you interrogated it? When are you submitting your evidence to the court?

There is documented research and extensive polls conducted as to how sea-cucumbers feel about being touched, photographed of otherwise molested. Their collective thoughts are that uniformed, human officials are poor judges, ill-intentioned and xenophobic, both towards non-indiginous humanoids and sea life in general.????

[Seeall]

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Stupid behavior to touch/ handle marine life, even stupider to film yourself while doing it and incredibly stupid to post that vid on youtube.

 

yes, he did what he considers his job... never mind the country could loose millions of revenue over it. This is the bigger picture plan I keep talking about (like the painter splashes your TV whilst paining the wall during his job but cant see then problem)

they all seem to have or rather not have the ability to see what their actions do.... only looking at whats in front of them for now... probably why most things are in the situation they are now...  (oh, and keep dropping plastic and <deleted> into the sea right?  ohh thats not his job!!!  see?)

[Sheryl]

A troll post has been removed

[Neeranam]

Jail for waking up a fish, wow. The minister probably eats fish. 

[maprao]

2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time... 



 

I do recall the pick up driver who committed manslaughter by taking a life of the round the world cyclist near Chachangsao bh wreckless driving was fined 7000 Baht!

 

Go figure eh. Guess the fine fits the crime!

[from the home of CC]

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

They are taking this much more seriously than if you

killed someone on the roads, especially if your a VIP,

seen recently owner of large company,killed 2 with his

car, suspended sentence !

regards Worgeordie

you have to be very careful on the roads, this time of year there's many bad rip tides..

[Bigz]

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Stupid behavior to touch/ handle marine life, even stupider to film yourself while doing it and incredibly stupid to post that vid on youtube.

Yeah with hindsight...

[dogfish180]

A quick trip to Chatachak market and there are tanks full of marine life, which wasn't bred in captivity. It must have made its own way there! If only the Navy had some submarines to patrol the gulf and sneak up on those pesky divers ????????????

[natway09]

The TM 30 is dead  only if your return is to same address.You move addresses must file.

Wife in trouble as she owns the guest house & did not report guests checking in within 24 hours