More than 80 Thais who worked at Myanmar hotel linked to COVID-19 outbreak skipped quarantine

[losername]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How could there be? A farang leaves Thailand, they can't get back in legally. How many would have the language skills to negotiate with people smugglers?

Qué.

[Lacessit]

17 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

You may of course be sceptical, you may refuse to accept what is something of an "open secret" up here, that is entirely your business -"up to you" as they say. I am not however going to ride 30 km to take pictures of high end cars in parking lots adjacent to the boat landing stages. Not least because the "security guards" who watch over these cars are likely to react less than kindly to me doing so!

 

The "Golden Triangle" is no longer the lawless "Wild West" of legend, but there are still some things which flourish "beyond the law" as it were.

A few years ago, I can remember crossing into Tatchilek. I was offered cigarettes, booze, rubies, and young girls and boys by touts after walking no more than 200 yards from the Myanmar checkpoint. I declined all of them, no telling how much strife I could have got myself into by partaking.

It may not be the "Wild West" anymore, but the notion it is law-abiding is quite farcical.

[herfiehandbag]

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

How could there be? A farang leaves Thailand, they can't get back in legally. How many would have the language skills to negotiate with people smugglers?

Some ((fifteen or so ) years ago I went on a boat ride from Chiang Saeng. The driver knew enough English to ask "you want Myanmar? Many ladies, very young, very sexy!" I declined, "made my excuses and left" as they used to say in "The News of The World". After all, my late mother was visiting and I was taking her on the trip! It was a nice ride, and the boat called at a couple of landing stages on the Myanmar side people got on and off. No inconvenient formalities at all.

[sammieuk1]

Looks like another General failure ????

[Ireland32]

Why are they not being locked up and Punished 

[Ireland32]

4 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Wonder what they actually can do against them. Does anyone know what the penalties for flouting quarantine are? In China it's death penalty.

NKorea too

[shavedPotter]

Idiots.

[TheFishman1]

If it was a foreigner from the west a white guy can you imagine they throw the book at him for entering illegally not to mention if they’re saying 80 is probably more like 580 the virus is going to spread like wild fire through Thailand I’m figuring within the next two months

[AlfHuy]

2 hours ago, losername said:

Conversation:
Mr Thai VIP:  "Darling, I think I might get a Covid test.  Could you drive me to the clinic this afternoon?"
Mrs Thai VIP:  "Why do you need a test, darling?  You only visited your mother at the weekend didn't you?"

Sorry darling. It was dark and I really don't know why mom's hand travelled into my pants.

Just a precaution.

[RichardColeman]

 

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Many of the Thai women who worked at 1G1-7 are understood to be sex workers with the hotel frequented by Myanmar VIPs, including top ranking military personnel.

Ah, so no sex workers in Thailand - they just export them.

[Traubert]

52 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Nonsense not in China

Who's been topped for ignoring quaratine rules?.

 

No-one. Not one.

 

From that CNN report: The statement ends by saying the death penalty will not be ruled out in severe cases.

 

So it then becomes fact. Everybody got snuffed.

 

Rubbish.

[Tambs2020]

Uhoh.....

[sanmyintmaung]

4 hours ago, Bluetongue said:

Makes me wonder whether at least some of the punters are well to do, connected Thais also entering Myanmar and re-entering Thailand illegally. Otherwise why employ so many Thai women? (could be I'm just naive about the whole thing)

Wealthy Thais don't need to cross into Myanmar to enjoy the company of Thai women. They have more choice in Thailand.

[gamini]

4 hours ago, Oldie said:

Isn't it somehow naive to expect that all people will follow COVID rules and regulations by themselves? And there is not much that can be done. You can punish some but you can't stop such a behavior completely.

It's much worse in other countries. Teenagers in the UK going to rave parties breaking the law. People sneaking out of home quarantine and riots in many other countries against the restrictions.

[Cake Monster]

There are some very awkward questions  from this Incident that need to be answered by the Thai Authorities.

The first one is who ? exactly, knew about these Border Hoppers, and for sure this was known about, not just for the 80 at present, but probably many more past.

Secondly, Who informed them of the safe routes in and out of Thailand

And Thirdly, Due to the scale of this revelation, how long exactly has this been going on, where the Women could wander freely back and forth to work when they wished.

 

 

 

[AlfHuy]

5 minutes ago, sanmyintmaung said:

Wealthy Thais don't need to cross into Myanmar to enjoy the company of Thai women. They have more choice in Thailand.

Sometimes the same product in a different country tastes better.

[Mr Meeseeks]

8 minutes ago, sanmyintmaung said:

Wealthy Thais don't need to cross into Myanmar to enjoy the company of Thai women. They have more choice in Thailand.

They don't need to but they do.

 

They also go to Cambo and visit the Casinos.

Edited December 5, 2020 by Mr Meeseeks

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

Those sex workers without any symptoms are mostly in Silom area in Bangkok now looking for new customers to infect. Real pathetic.

 

Did you make that one up all by yourself?

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, Chivas said:

If this spreads throughout Thailand than the tourist industry can completely forget about any potential return for a couple years

What a fiasco to say the least

 

A preposterous worst-case scenario if ever there was one. A couple of years?

 

In other news, at least three Covid vaccines have been identified in an astonishing research breakthrough...

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

You may of course be sceptical, you may refuse to accept what is something of an "open secret" up here, that is entirely your business -"up to you" as they say. I am not however going to ride 30 km to take pictures of high end cars in parking lots adjacent to the boat landing stages. Not least because the "security guards" who watch over these cars are likely to react less than kindly to me doing so!

 

The "Golden Triangle" is no longer the lawless "Wild West" of legend, but there are still some things which flourish "beyond the law" as it were.

 

No doubt there are some in a position to cross easily. However, ten casino workers sneaked back and ALL eventually tested positive. If this hi-so cross-border traffic is so prevalent, why haven't more infections and clusters popped up locally and all over the country before this? You can pay off border guards and you can buy your own PCR tests but as far as I know, the corona-virus doesn't accept any money.

[Jeffr2]

38 minutes ago, sanmyintmaung said:

Wealthy Thais don't need to cross into Myanmar to enjoy the company of Thai women. They have more choice in Thailand.

They cross the border to gamble.  Which can't legally be done here.

[BigFun]

5 hours ago, Bluetongue said:

Makes me wonder whether at least some of the punters are well to do, connected Thais also entering Myanmar and re-entering Thailand illegally. Otherwise why employ so many Thai women? (could be I'm just naive about the whole thing)

Err they can 'get it' at home...well not at home literally...ohh you get my drift ????

[OneMoreFarang]

5 hours ago, AlfHuy said:

Surprised of this too.

Usually they are called "entertainment workers or freelancers".

They worked like that in a foreign country. In Thailand they would obviously never do that - or at least the job would have a different name. ???? 

[vandeventer]

These people are Super spreaders and need to go to jail. The border between Burma and Mae Sai is so easy to cross that you would need many troops there to control it. Not just from the hotels but the Casinos as well.

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, AlfHuy said:

Sometimes the same product in a different country tastes better.

More excitement and thrill in going to a forbidden play zone I would venture to guess as well.

[Sametboy2019]

"We are about to reopen the country but now measures must be reviewed.”

 

This happened while you were closed. What will stop it happening again? 

[chang1]

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

We are about to reopen the country but now measures must be reviewed.”

So the whole country may be kept closed to tourists just because of these few girls? Sounds more like an excuse as I would expect they are a relatively small proportion of people avoiding quarantine. 

What does Anutin mean by about to reopen? Those plans seam rather fragile. 

[Destiny1990]

Not sure if it are foreigner tourists that needs a wristband tracker..

[joecoolfrog]

4 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Put them in jail for 6 months

The sex workers or the Thai VIP customers ?

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:

They cross the border to gamble.  Which can't legally be done here.

And of course, not to forget all the" Business " deals that will be done and Palms Greased.