By  Nop Meechukhun

 

Banglamung – An entertainment venue in the Banglamung district was raided by officials in the early hours of this morning, November 28th, for allegedly illegally selling alcoholic beverages and violating the Chonburi Communicable Disease Control Act.

 

Police officers from the Pattaya City Police Station arrived at ‘Babylon Pattaya’ located at Sai 3 of Central Pattaya in the Nong Prue Subdistrict at 1:00 AM. for inspection after receiving telephone complaints from a concerned citizen that there were illegal sales of alcoholic beverages in the venue that violated the Chonburi Communicable Disease Control Act.

 

The concerned citizen was reportedly concerned about the spread of Covid-19 at this venue. TPN notes, however, that earlier in the evening crowds in the thousands were present on the nearby beach for the Pattaya fireworks festival but it appeared that this particular concerned citizen was not as concerned with this event. Additionally, the venue was allegedly violating several other current rules, including those that ban nightlife and entertainment venues from opening, current operating hours, and social distancing rules.

 

Upon arrival, customers were allegedly seen eating food and drinking alcohol before attempting to escape in panic as soon as they saw the officers.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/11/28/entertainment-venue-in-banglamung-raided-this-morning-for-allegedly-illegally-selling-alcoholic-beverages-breaking-covid-19-rules/

 

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Concerned citizens should MTOFB.

27 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

Concerned citizens should MTOFB.

Could be anyone, a disturbed neighbour, a competitive business owner who isn't open, someone on the take from the police. It would be  better situation if the police did their own checks about town. What on earth do they expect to happen after an event like the fireworks display. Not only Covid restrictions... wasn't there also an alcohol restriction due to some elections going on.... certainly Big-CX was not selling on Sunday?

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The concerned citizen was reportedly concerned about the spread of Covid-19 at this venue. TPN notes, however, that earlier in the evening crowds in the thousands were present on the nearby beach for the Pattaya fireworks festival but it appeared that this particular concerned citizen was not as concerned with this event.

And they wonder why tourists are confused.

I think the rules are deliberately vague so the Police can pick and choose who they "arrest".

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The concerned citizen was reportedly concerned about the spread of Covid-19 at this venue. TPN notes, however, that earlier in the evening crowds in the thousands were present on the nearby beach for the Pattaya fireworks festival but it appeared that this particular concerned citizen was not as concerned with this event

Silly people ! 
Everyone knows covid is afraid of fireworks !! ????????

It appears that prohibition has come back 100 years later (1920-1933) USA.

 

I wasn't delusional before I moved here, I knew Thailand was a little behind, but 100 years, well, ok then. 

2 hours ago, Henryford said:

I think the rules are deliberately vague so the Police can pick and choose who they "arrest".

Too true.  RTP have fewer businesses to protect/strangle with all the closures.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Banglamung – An entertainment venue in the Banglamung district was raided by officials in the early hours of this morning, November 28th, for allegedly illegally selling alcoholic beverages and violating the Chonburi Communicable Disease Control Act.

Fools, they should have waited until this weekend and sold them at the Music Festival so people could drink and dance on the beach. 

15 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Too true.  RTP have fewer businesses to protect/strangle with all the closures.

i was out Saturday night no problems getting a beer loads of bars openly selling it .. drinking from glasses not coffee cups 

I like the term "concerned citizen". Sounds much better than "informer".

2 hours ago, ronster said:

Silly people ! 
Everyone knows covid is afraid of fireworks !! ????????

but loves alcohol..

2 hours ago, Henryford said:

I think the rules are deliberately vague so the Police can pick and choose who they "arrest".

Ya think?

37 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said:

I like the term "concerned citizen". Sounds much better than "informer".

Tout, grass, snitch, rat,

41 minutes ago, Harveyboy said:

i was out Saturday night no problems getting a beer loads of bars openly selling it .. drinking from glasses not coffee cups 

Not common at all but never the less subject to arbitrary arrest and detention

Just now, The Hammer2021 said:

Not common at all but never the less subject to arbitrary arrest and detention

police were in one of the bars... probably owner don't know  ..jomtien and Pattaya i can go to most bars and get a beer or sit on the prom ..or outside 7 at the tables with another dozen people  cops over the road ..nothing said ... 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

after receiving telephone complaints from a concerned citizen

Please note, the national "free call" number for such complaints is still active:-

 

"encouraging people to help report activities deemed to violate the government’s rules and regulations to curb the spread of Covid-19 by calling the national hotline at 1111"

 

 https://thethaiger.com/news/national/hotline-set-up-for-reports-on-alleged-covid-19-measure-violations

Utterly pathetic.

2 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Tout, grass, snitch, rat,

A cat's ar*e.

A thief might rob you but a grass can hang you.

4 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

I like the term "concerned citizen". Sounds much better than "informer".

I think they borrowed the term from the Illustrious Joseph Stalin.  "Concerned Comrade" was the euphemism for describing the circa 60% of the population that were informants to the various arms of the state including local commissars, the NKVD, etc. 

 

So in a family of 5 people, three of them were statistically an informant. 

 

Fear and oppression applied by individuals and lowly officials in the the USSR was a far greater tyranny than ever applied directly by the government.  That would never happen today in the free democratic countries that we hail from.....oh wait....

This is the reason why nobody should come on holiday to Thailand

20 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

i was out Saturday night no problems getting a beer loads of bars openly selling it .. drinking from glasses not coffee cups 

Police don't work weekends; holidays; before 11am; after 5pm.  In fact ...

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

Police don't work weekends; holidays; before 11am; after 5pm.  In fact ...

they were touring around pattaya ...unusual i know hey went nto e of the bars not far from where i was having a beer .. natural thing was to try to put it out of sight ..no one else did....so a more relaxing few beers ..i left the bar at 1 am still lively.. 

On 11/28/2021 at 8:40 PM, The Hammer2021 said:

Tout, grass, snitch, rat,

Karen?