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Tourist faces jail after sitting on coral - says he thought it was just rocks


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Posted
1 hour ago, ezzra said:

And the message is, don't <deleted> around with Thailand's marine's, fauna and flora or you'll pay heavily for it...

Not a bad message to send, though this is not something major. I seen people do far worse standing on coral and stuff like that. This is not good let there be no mistake about it but its not a major crime IMHO. But sure something needs to be done to make people more aware of how delicate coral is. IF it is gone tourist wont come back.

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Posted
1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said he thought it was just rocks not coral

Sure!
 

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

Bureaucracy gone mad .........!!!!

Nope!

Posted
19 minutes ago, mvdf said:

Sentencing guidelines for judges and prosecutors:

 

Jail + hefty fine for foreigners

Wai + 2 weeks monkhood for Thais

 

 

Well that’s fine given that we always think we know better

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Posted
5 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

I’ve often seen Thais raiding the sea bead collecting baskets full of sea urchins I would of thought that was illegal

Some sea urchins are edible and are not endangered, so probably not illegal.

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Posted
11 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

He’s a Thai national it will be a slap on the wrist unlike the poor farang who got deported for holding a sea slug

Did he get deported?    If he did, it's pretty certain that it wasn't just for handling a sea slug, he was being investigated for other irregularities, wasn't he?

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Posted
6 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The man in question facing a fine and/or prison is a Thai, not a foreigner.

That, as the yanks say, changes the game plan then.

Posted
15 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

I’ve often seen Thais raiding the sea bead collecting baskets full of sea urchins I would of thought that was illegal

Collecting sea urchins from the seabed is a million miles away from the offence of damaging protected coral.

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Posted
19 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

He’s a Thai national it will be a slap on the wrist unlike the poor farang who got deported for holding a sea slug . I’ve often seen Thais raiding the sea bead collecting baskets full of sea urchins I would of thought that was illegal they tend to do it at nightfall but nobody seems to be bothered about it .

Urchins are a renewable food source. Coral is not.

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Typical of the Thai authorities bullying farang!

It's a Thai that "the authorities are bullying", not a foreigner!

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Posted
3 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

But don't ... accidently sit on a lump of coral....that's obviously much worse for the reef 

Maybe that will be reflected in his punishment which will, obviously, not be a B1m fine and prison.

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Posted
7 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

But when all the hundreds of Thai dive boats and speed boats drop their anchors on top of the coral in National Marine Parks, and with photo evidence, nothing is said or done. 

Two wrongs dont make a right

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