French musicians with no work permit/illegal party busted at Koh Samui "Hippie Festival"

[wombat]

was that a ripple of fear i felt in the ether from all those that get up and have a jam around Chonburi?

[Guderian]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They were singing too.

 

A hanging offence, surely, lol!

[JMonroe]

Anyone with a man bun, fisherman's pants and no shoes deserves to get busted.

[PGSan]

1 hour ago, RackedLeyland said:

You were lucky to get away with just a blank stare. 

Yes, as the stare could easily not use e been blank, but have had graffiti on it.

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Bo Phut police and military officers descended on a restaurant

Last year they swooped..., must be getting older.

[Phuketshrew]

24 minutes ago, Guderian said:

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They were singing too.

 

A hanging offence, surely, lol!

or in this case the guillotine ....

[RichardColeman]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Complaints had been received about an illegal party. 

bar next door then

[SymS]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They were singing too.

Clearly one step too far.

[ukrules]

Koh Samui - add to growing list of places to never bother going to.

 

Oh, it's already on the <deleted>list, several times.

[morocco]

5 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

No masks, no social distancing,,,,,,,,,these idiots give us all a bad name.

Yes you're right. Just a bunch of privileged neo-hippies  

 

[Bert got kinky]

5 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

No masks, no social distancing,,,,,,,,,these idiots give us all a bad name.

 

What a load of tosh.

I work very hard at getting myself a bad name, no foreign Johnny is going to take the credit for my great efforts.

 

[BigFun]

5 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

No masks, no social distancing,,,,,,,,,these idiots give us all a bad name.

Yes, they're called French people ????

[A Los for words]

39 minutes ago, SymS said:

Clearly one step too far.

Beyond? Madness

[lahgon29]

5 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

2 bottles and some bills. That´s a really good days work for the police.

Oh, by the way, they nabbed 4 musicians too. I have always told them to keep low key. Do NOT sing!

 

Anyway, I am happy to hear that they did not have some one playing with an organ on the scene. The most vulgar instrument a musician can play with.

Worse than an accordion? I don't think so????

[mlmcleod]

The lack of covid-19 precautions is regrettable but I suspect that these musicians were just having a public jam.  I think they were not paid and if that is the case no work permit should be required.  My wife has gone to a few local jams that happened to be at a restaurant/bar.  Musicians use these opportunities to play with others.

 

This reminds me of the great gambling raid in Pattaya on a bridge club!

[ChipButty]

3 minutes ago, mlmcleod said:

The lack of covid-19 precautions is regrettable but I suspect that these musicians were just having a public jam.  I think they were not paid and if that is the case no work permit should be required.  My wife has gone to a few local jams that happened to be at a restaurant/bar.  Musicians use these opportunities to play with others.

 

This reminds me of the great gambling raid in Pattaya on a bridge club!

In Phuket no Farang Jam, paid or not guys have their equipment confiscated jing jing

[cardinalblue]

Yet 66 more drivers died on the road yesterday...get your priorities straight...

 

it’s not even low hanging fruit...picking up coconuts tossed by non-permitted monkeys 

[sambum]

Just now, judokrab said:

"They were singing too."
55555555

 

Wow! Multi tasking French musicians!

 

Becuse they were singing too, does that mean they require 2 work permits each?

[CH1961]

5 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

We all welcome the tourist back to Thailand... But be prepared that everything here is illegal. Labour department only give workpermits for jobs Thais can't do and Thais can do everything so.. come to Thailand stay in your hotel and eat in a restaurant and please go home again.. or better  Stay away

 

Just use the word "work" in front of the immigration officer at US border ... 

Mention "work" at Australia immigration ... 

Work in Egypt ... 

[FarFlungFalang]

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious”
― Peter Ustinov

 

If you post was funny I would have laughed.

If you had a sense of humour you would have laughed!

[Bert got kinky]

42 minutes ago, A Los for words said:

Beyond? Madness

 

That's terrible.

You're an embarrassment.

 

[SupermarineS6B]

Ha ha.......One was playing drums, another on sax, a third on bass and another playing guitar. They were singing too. They were taken away to Bo Phut police station.   

 

The James gang ?   This is what happens when you empower certain individuals and let them wear a uniform......... I take it they've no news of Mr Red Bull then ?  

Thailand's becoming a laughing stock.......  Mind you at least when the gig's up they can go and apply for a job in Burma, they need dictators .........

[J Town]

Just one more nonsensical black eye for tourism.

[Ireland32]

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Them French should be banned from singing anyway

And talking LOUD 

[DirtyFarang]

Well, at least the musicians were French.  No loss there!

[arend]

Is it illegal to have a jam... musicians who just come together to play?  

Is it illegal to play at an open mic night?

Does it depend on the venue?

Does it depend on whether payment is made?

So, we had a Blues festival here in Pai recently... were the farang musicians all playing illegally?

If you play at an event say a wedding of a friend, are you playing illegally?

If you are a guest performer, are you playing illegally?

Whjere is the line or do authorities just make it up as they go along?

[DirtyFarang]

49 minutes ago, mlmcleod said:

The lack of covid-19 precautions is regrettable but I suspect that these musicians were just having a public jam.  I think they were not paid and if that is the case no work permit should be required.  My wife has gone to a few local jams that happened to be at a restaurant/bar.  Musicians use these opportunities to play with others.

 

This reminds me of the great gambling raid in Pattaya on a bridge club!

In Thailand, NO "work" can be done without a work permit, including painting your wife's house (You can't own a house).  work is defined as anything that requires movement or thinking.  Technically, that would include taking a dump, but nobody's been busted for that yet.  

 

No foreigner can get a work permit to play music or to paint a house.  Both occupations are reserved by law exclusively for Thais.  The theory is, that even if somebody is working free, they are taking work from a Thai.   So, listen up, folks, no jam sessions, period.  If you do, it had better be behind closed and locked doors with the curtains drawn.   And don't paint your house either.

[DirtyFarang]

3 minutes ago, arend said:

Is it illegal to have a jam... musicians who just come together to play?  

Is it illegal to play at an open mic night?

Does it depend on the venue?

Does it depend on whether payment is made?

So, we had a Blues festival here in Pai recently... were the farang musicians all playing illegally?

If you play at an event say a wedding of a friend, are you playing illegally?

Everything you mention is illegal for a farang.   All of it.

[Wafrog]

What if they were "Covid refugees", ie not able to return home and under the special Covid visa extensions for foreigners stuck in tbe country, and they had no money ? Begging is not allowed, nor is stealing.. Who said they were working ? Were they being paid for tbeir gig or just fed and quenched ? 
To me it is a case of innocent until proven guilty. A couple of beers and bills are no proof of illegality to me .. 

[DirtyFarang]

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

 

I saw a (non Thai) graffiti artist one time in BKK. I just casually asked, as he was painting in an exposed spot, if the had a work permit. I got a blank stare. 

 

Doesn't matter how much they are told. They are too cool to worry about actual laws.

 

That being said there are western musicians who jam in bars in Bangkok. Even used to be western bands. As long as local bill knows and is paid, all is OK. 

It was in the news a few years ago, one of those street artists was arrested for just what you describe.  He was doing caricature sketches of passersby and giving them away free.  He did not charge anybody so much as one satang.  He was taken to jail.  I don't know if he was French.