Popular Post webfact Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 By Adam Judd Pattaya, Thailand- A total of twenty-one people were arrested tonight in Central Pattaya for allegedly breaking current laws and orders designed to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, according to officials with the Pattaya Police. First, for those who prefer, a video version of this story can be seen here: The incident took place just before 9:00 P.M. on Soi Buakhao in front of the Tree Town Market area, according to Pattaya Police. Pattaya Police stated they had several calls from concerned citizens that were afraid that large groups of people gathering in the area could be spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus. Upon going to inspect the area they found eighteen foreigners and three Thai people who were according to police socializing, drinking alcohol, gathering, and breaking current rules around Covid-19. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/20/twenty-one-people-arrested-in-soi-buakhao-area-for-allegedly-gathering-drinking-alcohol-and-breaking-covid-19-rules/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2021-08-21 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 5 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hayduke Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Allegedly gathering…..another degenerate and habit-forming practice brought to Thailand by those rascally foreigners. Edited August 20, 2021 by Hayduke 5 2 3 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, webfact said: Pattaya Police stated they had several calls from concerned citizens that were afraid that large groups of people gathering in the area could be spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus Wonder if these same people ring up every time 2000 turn up for a vaccine jab 19 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nkg Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 "Put them all in one prison cell, PC Somchai. Can't have people gathering together willy-nilly." 8 2 1 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 Bury them all up to their necks in a sandbox ???? 2 1 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) too bad if just walking past with a water in your hand not sure if drinking a beer on your own is strictly illegal either, this is pushing rules to abuse levels, then they pile them all into vehicles and soi 9 breaking the rules they were arrested for nothing but a money grab also - looking at the area along the footpath seems there are now market stalls along there for food etc - gathering is going to happen so who is breaking the rules ????? Edited August 20, 2021 by smedly 30 4 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeyIdea Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 (edited) Heavy fine first time, put them in jail for a month the second time, deport them and make them persona non grata the third time if they are foreigners please Edited August 20, 2021 by MikeyIdea 8 4 14 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, MikeyIdea said: Heavy fine first time, put them in jail for a month the second time, deport them and make them persona non grata the third time if they are foreigners please if actaul rules are being broken then yes - fine them not clear to me what rules are being broken since there are market stalls right along that footpath - from the video it looks to me like people sitting alone on the footpath were arrested - for what exactly lets not encourage this sort of police abuse 28 1 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 2 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Wonder if these same people ring up every time 2000 turn up for a vaccine jab nobody rang up, this is police abuse and money gouging, from the video I see a lot more than 20 people gathered around the area more like 40+ 11 1 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rocking Robert Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 Dammit you are a guest in the country just follow there rules 17 2 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 Putting healthy people in these corona infected holding cells how will that solve anything? 200 bht fine seems reasonably. What a drama about nothing even makes it on tv so pathetic. 18 6 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 hour ago, smedly said: too bad if just walking past with a water in your hand not sure if drinking a beer on your own is strictly illegal either, this is pushing rules to abuse levels, then they pile them all into vehicles and soi 9 breaking the rules they were arrested for nothing but a money grab also - looking at the area along the footpath seems there are now market stalls along there for food etc - gathering is going to happen so who is breaking the rules ????? I am a little more anti these gatherings than you are, but mainly because I don't like foreigners here being such scofflaws, The reality is people would have been gathering in this area for some days and perhaps got used to the idea it was not a problem. If it was actually just before 9pm, the police could have waited a little while to see if they dispersed, and if not, detain them also for breaking curfew measures. If they get fined it is a case of 'som nam nah'.... put them on a naughty boys list and perhaps they will behave until we are out of this lockdown situation. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post riverhigh Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 Three weeks ago at the beginning of the lock down I see them drinking outside Tree Town in defiance. They made no attempt at being discreet. They were loud and no social distancing. It's difficult to be sympathetic as this is not a case of being in the wrong place, wrong time. Your typical uneducated cheap charlies who will not listen and only learn through hard knocks such as fines /imprisonment. 16 1 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gungadin1 Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 Tar and feathered 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MikeyIdea Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 1 hour ago, smedly said: if actaul rules are being broken then yes - fine them not clear to me what rules are being broken since there are market stalls right along that footpath - from the video it looks to me like people sitting alone on the footpath were arrested - for what exactly lets not encourage this sort of police abuse There's one thing I don't agree with here. What has what others do got to do with breaking rules? Why even mentioning it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pursus Posted August 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Hayduke said: Allegedly gathering…..another degenerate and habit-forming practice brought to Thailand by those rascally foreigners. Just pretend it’s a local market. Set up some bogus tents and sip your libation through a straw and a hole in the mask. Just make sure it’s not past curfew. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fredscats Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 Deport Deport Deport 3 1 5 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Teavee Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) This nightly gathering outside of TreeTown has been going on as long as the lockdown rules have been in place & no doubt splashed all over Social Media so it was only a matter of time before the BiB took some action... And no, it wasn't just farang's sat on the sidewalk drinking a beer by themselves... Here's a pic taken (Not by me) on 4th August... As an aside, during the 1st Lockdown in Singapore 2 guys "Bumped into each other" whilst coming back from the store to buy beer so decided to enjoy the beers sat on a bench in the park. Police caught them, cancelled their Work Permits & deported them... I know we're not in Singapore but something similar could happen to people here if these kind of things continue to make headline news. Edited August 21, 2021 by Mike Teavee 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 4 hours ago, webfact said: Upon going to inspect the area they found eighteen foreigners and three Thai people who were according to police socializing, drinking alcohol, gathering, and breaking current rules around Covid-19 I know covid regulations might not suit all people, but law is the law where ever you might reside. Any foreigner outside drinking in public after 9pm are as dumb as they come. Plenty of legal options to do the same. 18 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 hours ago, smedly said: too bad if just walking past with a water in your hand not sure if drinking a beer on your own is strictly illegal either, this is pushing rules to abuse levels, then they pile them all into vehicles and soi 9 breaking the rules they were arrested for nothing but a money grab also - looking at the area along the footpath seems there are now market stalls along there for food etc - gathering is going to happen so who is breaking the rules ????? All of them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 57 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said: Putting healthy people in these corona infected holding cells how will that solve anything? 200 bht fine seems reasonably. What a drama about nothing even makes it on tv so pathetic. Whats pathetic are the people present who think they don't have to conform... any nationality as for the foreigners they are a guest in the country.... best not to push your luck too far. 12 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 it's those dirty farang cheap charlie's out drinking in groups, they know the rules, fine them appropriately. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said: Putting healthy people in these corona infected holding cells how will that solve anything? 200 bht fine seems reasonably. What a drama about nothing even makes it on tv so pathetic. having groups of cheap charlies p_issing up will not solve anything, especially covid19 virus transmission to others. 10,000 baht fine seems reasonable. would it be a drama if they infected a family member and he/she died. 11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Rocking Robert said: Dammit you are a guest in the country just follow there rules Yes rules are rules I wonder if they were tourist? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA8RAT Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I'm sort of a let it rip guy but that's just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 They have been there for weeks. A bunch of losers. Book em hope they enjoy some jail time. 12 3 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LA8RAT Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 8 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: They have been there for weeks. A bunch of losers. Book em hope they enjoy some jail time. Seems a bit draconian for sitting outside with a beer. 11 1 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Teavee Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, LA8RAT said: Seems a bit draconian for sitting outside with a beer. I agree prison is too harsh but I don't think it will take too many of these kind of raids before people start being deported / black listed which is probably the only thing that some guys will take seriously. I mentioned Singapore in a post above, here's another example https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-robertson-quay-work-pass-holders-permanent-banned-660476 ... As well as being fined approx 20-22,000 THB, these guys lost their livelihoods & were banned from ever working in Singapore again, all for the sake of a few beers outside. An illicit beer is not worth the risk of being one of the guys they choose to make an example of. Edited August 21, 2021 by Mike Teavee 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post raccos21 Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2021 Infections also can spread indirectly by the vaccinations, as when people gather in places like vaccination centers or PCR testing centers, where they have a high risk of getting infected. 7 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IraqRon Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 reward their behaviour with the Pfizer vac which should go to more responsible people. That will teach them!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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