Thai PM and his cabinet pictured without masks in Phuket just before going to welcome foreign tourists

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

Thai social media was in uproar yesterday after a picture was posted on social media that showed Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his cabinet not wearing masks at the seaside in Phuket. 

 

Netizens were furious that it was one rule for them and one for the rest of us. Many said it was highly inappropriate.

 

They were having a snack at a restaurant in the Sirinat National Park just before going to welcome foreign tourists arriving at the nearby international airport from Singapore, reported INN. 

 

The PM and his entourage were in the area looking at some turtles. The environment minister arrived earlier to clean up a mountain of trash, ASEAN Now earlier reported.

 

We further note that while non- mask wearing outside is subject to fines in Thailand, people are allowed to eat without wearing one. 

 

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[Thaiwrath]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Netizens were furious that it was one rule for them and one for the rest of us.

Always has been, and always will be.

They don't give two <deleted> about others.

[colinneil]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai social media was in uproar yesterday after a picture was posted on social media that showed Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his cabinet not wearing masks at the seaside in Phuket

Come on, what do people expect?

They are the in crowd, they dont give a rats a##e about the general population, just peasants in their twisted arrogant minds.????????

[ThailandRyan]

Saw it on the Amarin news this morning and they were laying it on as to how ridiculous and two faced these people are.  Don't do as I do do as I say" comes to mind with these government tools.  Only one in the entire group had a mask on and it appeared to be a military guy in a full uniform, while Anutin had that smug ass look on his face, like he always does.

[chalawaan]

Did you see all the crawlers waiing him off the plane? Thats what he wanted, a cheap desperate photo op. 

My heart goes out to the Thais in the torist industry, but these shameless parasites need to be driven out, and then put on trial at the ICC for illegal coups against an elected soveriegn govenment. 

[Justgrazing]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The PM and his entourage were in the area looking at some turtles.

 

Did they want a shellfie .. 

 

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

 

[kotsak]

Masks are for the plebs, not for the patricians..

[trainman34014]

These Gangsters never care what other people think !

[vandeventer]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Saw it on the Amarin news this morning and they were laying it on as to how ridiculous and two faced these people are.  Don't do as I do do as I say" comes to mind with these government tools.  Only one in the entire group had a mask on and it appeared to be a military guy in a full uniform, while Anutin had that smug ass look on his face, like he always does.

That will be 20,000 baht each and another 100,000 baht for being so stupid.

[Dazinoz]

Ummm, I definitely support him or his cronies, but in this case are they not eating?

[phetphet]

How they gonna eat their krapow with their masks on?

[kotsak]

4 minutes ago, phetphet said:

How they gonna eat their krapow with their masks on?

[Fairynuff]

It seems to be a thing with most governments that the rules don’t apply to them, only to us.

[Destiny1990]

A bunch of old males.. 

[Sydebolle]

Well, some instruct to wear masks at home, others wonder if Phuket-bracelets are soapy-proof and individual governors can create laws, rules and fines at random.

Welcome to the World's only banana republic where 70 million bananas just sit around and wait for the next instruction. If Thais are not being told what to do, then they will not do anything ...... 

Actually, I am wrong with this, they won't do anything anyhow, with or without masked clowns in a far too small circus called government house! 

[wombat]

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Always has been, and always will be.

They don't give two <deleted> about others.

its a world wide problem

[TheFishman1]

Rules don’t apply to them amazing Thailand TiT

[spidermike007]

Very hard for me to defend these useless creeps, but they were eating. Wearing a mask while eating is beyond dumb, and there is no science to back up such an act. 

 

However, that sentiment aside, I think it is very clear to all of us by now, these guys are a bunch of corrupt, very rich, out of touch, self entitled goons, and they are totally above the law. Any and all laws. 

 

It is us and then it is them. We should wear masks at home and in our cars, and we should not ask questions, and we should offer absolute fealty to the superior ones. 

[Bim Smith]

"people are allowed to eat without wearing one. "

So how do you eat wearing a mask?

[Dazinoz]

1 hour ago, Dazinoz said:

Ummm, I definitely support him or his cronies, but in this case are they not eating?

Supposed to be DON'T support.

[sambum]

"We further note that while non- mask wearing outside is subject to fines in Thailand, people are allowed to eat without wearing one."

 

Well, isn't that big of them? It would be rather difficult to eat WITH one! 

[phetphet]

1 hour ago, kotsak said:

Is that Ross Kemp?  55

[DJ54]

Kinda hard to drink and eat with mask in place... cut them some slack

[ArcticFox]

 

Any questions about "us" and "them?"

Draconian rules for "us."
No rules for "them." 

Why do you all continue to believe what "they" insist you believe when "they" will push their rules in your face while ignoring those same rules as soon as "they" think "they" are off-camera.  That is unless "they" tell you that it is safe for them but it's not safe for you.  And you believe it all.  <laughs>

^{And then we tell the plebs, "You need to wear masks and social distance while you're in your house too!"  (uncontrollable laughter) Ha ha ha ha!!!}

[Fairynuff]

19 minutes ago, sambum said:

"We further note that while non- mask wearing outside is subject to fines in Thailand, people are allowed to eat without wearing one."

 

Well, isn't that big of them? It would be rather difficult to eat WITH one! 

In Thailand everything is possible 

[WineOh]

chuck um all in the sea!

had enough of these hypocrites.

[ArcticFox]

1 hour ago, Sydebolle said:

Welcome to the World's only banana republic where 70 million bananas just sit around and wait for the next instruction. If Thais are not being told what to do, then they will not do anything ...... 

You miss the big picture.  There are 7,89 billion bananas sitting around waiting for the next order.

[WineOh]

3 minutes ago, ArcticFox said:

There are 7,89 billion bananas sitting around waiting for the next order.

Not me.

 

I'm an apple.

[mfd101]

Well, they were of course all of them double-vaccinated months ago ...

[DjSilver]

stop wearing mask all together. It is no good and completely useless. Just look at Sweden, there is no law saying masks have to be worn only a recommendation for those who choose and the spread of covid in Sweden has only been around 10,5% of the population so hardly any meaning for any restrictions and in Thailand it is so low they can just open the country on completely.