Sattahip’s Mountain B pub renamed, reopened and raided by police

[webfact]

 

Chon Buri police and local officials raided a pub Saturday night, which is located on the same plot of land in Sattahip district as the Mountain B pub, the scene of a deadly fire on August 5th which has, to date, claimed the lives of  26 people and left others in hospital to this day.

 

Police said that the new pub, named “Never Land”, opened for the first time last night, offering food, drinks and live music. The Mountain B was ordered closed for five years following the deadly blaze.

 

Pol Maj-Gen Nunthavut Suwanlaong, deputy commissioner of Second Region Provincial Police Bureau, said they will invite the proprietor of the new pub to come to Phlu Ta Luang police station to answer some questions.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/sattahips-mountain-b-pub-renamed-reopened-and-raided-by-police/

 

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[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Police said that the new pub, named “Never Land”,

Apt - run by pirates for children that never grow up

[ChrisY1]

Someone big owns this now....."invited to answer questions"?......the owner is likely sitting in the RTP head office!

[Sydebolle]

That happened faster than usual ....... some envelopes have not made it to the consignees in time? 

[mikebell]

What kind of insensitive Thai business man would think he can make money by opening on the spot where so many died in such horrific circumstances?  How many Thai customers would frequent a place with so many ghosts? 

[smedly]

that is a disgrace, buldose the building and errect a shrine in memory of those that lost their lives because of sensless greed and stupidity, have any officials been jailed yet ?

 

RIP.........so sad

[bradiston]

The previous owner, if such he is, claims to have been ruined by compensation payments to the families of the deceased. But where is his insurance company? Where the public liability insurance, the fire department checks, etc etc that should be mandatory before you can get a licence. He's begging to be allowed to reopen, but has he learnt anything?

[DezLez]

1 hour ago, smedly said:

that is a disgrace, buldose the building and errect a shrine in memory of those that lost their lives because of sensless greed and stupidity, have any officials been jailed yet ?

 

RIP.........so sad

The original building has already been demolished this is a new build on the same site!

 

UPDATE: Mountain B Pub in Sattahip demolished - The Pattaya News

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

that is a disgrace, buldose the building and errect a shrine in memory of those that lost their lives because of sensless greed and stupidity, have any officials been jailed yet ?

 

RIP.........so sad

All hushed up... Thai style.

[Silencer]

So 'Mountain B' club was ordered closed for 5 years, yet a club with a different name can open up in its place?  While maybe meeting the the letter of the law certainly this seems to violate the spirit of the law. 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Silencer

[Cake Monster]

Its an absolute condemnation of the Authorities to allow another venture of the same kind to be opened on the exact same site.

And so quickly after the terrible event that claimed so many lives, and ruined so many others.

Its only been 3 Months or so since the fire, and the ground has hardly cooled down yet.

Some really big D###ks are involved with this money grab venture for sure.

 

 

[Gandtee]

It 'Never Happened Land' ????

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, DezLez said:

The original building has already been demolished this is a new build on the same site!

 

UPDATE: Mountain B Pub in Sattahip demolished - The Pattaya News

Using the same foundations I'll bet.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, Silencer said:

So 'Mountain B' club was ordered closed for 5 years, yet a club with a different name can open up in its place?  While maybe meeting the the letter of the law certainly this seems to violate the spirit of the law. 

Might depend who the new owners are..... I would like to think not the same ones! Although things seem to have happened rather too quickly.....

[EVENKEEL]

24 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Might depend who the new owners are..... I would like to think not the same ones! Although things seem to have happened rather too quickly.....

This is a new built club after original  Mountain B was torn down

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Someone big owns this now....."invited to answer questions"?......the owner is likely sitting in the RTP head office!

People who have not committed any offences nor have been accused of committing any offences, a category the owners/operators of this new venue appear to fit into, so far, can only be invited to answer questions.

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

that is a disgrace, buldose the building and errect a shrine in memory of those that lost their lives

Why bulldoze the new building when the original one has already been removed?  Have the operators of this new business been shown to have done anything illegal, yet?  The land is privately owned, who has the authority to erect a shrine on someone else's property?

[LennyW]

31 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Might depend who the new owners are..... I would like to think not the same ones! Although things seem to have happened rather too quickly.....

It is the same ones!! They have no building permit, insurance or operating license. The owner has already visited the police claiming how is he supposed to feed his family - unfkbelievable!!

 

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Silencer said:

So 'Mountain B' club was ordered closed for 5 years, yet a club with a different name can open up in its place?  While maybe meeting the the letter of the law certainly this seems to violate the spirit of the law. 

Which law prohibits the construction of a new building, by new operators, on private land, after the original building/business has been demolished?  

[LennyW]

Just now, Liverpool Lou said:

Which law prohibits the construction of a new building, by new operators, on private land, after the original building/business has been demolished?  

It is the same ones!! They have no building permit, insurance or operating license. The owner has already visited the police claiming how is he supposed to feed his family - unfkbelievable!!

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, LennyW said:

It is the same ones!! They have no building permit, insurance or operating license. The owner has already visited the police claiming how is he supposed to feed his family - unfkbelievable!!

 

Sickening

[jacko45k]

10 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

This is a new built club after original  Mountain B was torn down

I grasp this, but was the land sold on, are the owners new guys is what I asked, and I am reading they are not!

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Cake Monster said:

Its an absolute condemnation of the Authorities to allow another venture of the same kind to be opened on the exact same site.

Why?  Are places where deaths have occurred forever banned from being used commercially in the future even when those deaths were nothing to do with the actual owner of the land?

[Liverpool Lou]

15 minutes ago, LennyW said:

17 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Which law prohibits the construction of a new building, by new operators, on private land, after the original building/business has been demolished?  

It is the same ones!!

Really?  Where was that specifically reported?

[Liverpool Lou]

18 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

20 minutes ago, LennyW said:

It is the same ones!! They have no building permit, insurance or operating license. The owner has already visited the police claiming how is he supposed to feed his family - unfkbelievable!!

 

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Sickening

And not confirmed anywhere, so far!  

[EVENKEEL]

18 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I grasp this, but was the land sold on, are the owners new guys is what I asked, and I am reading they are not!

Sorry, I get it now.

[Liverpool Lou]

19 minutes ago, LennyW said:

The owner has already visited the police claiming how is he supposed to feed his family - unfkbelievable!!

Where has it been reported that the original owner "visited the police" to do the begging?  

[LennyW]

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And not confirmed anywhere, so far!  

 

[Liverpool Lou]

2 minutes ago, LennyW said:

 

Thank you, I may stand corrected according to that link, but the OP sure didn't state the same revelation.

[richard_smith237]

4 hours ago, bradiston said:

The previous owner, if such he is, claims to have been ruined by compensation payments to the families of the deceased. But where is his insurance company? Where the public liability insurance, the fire department checks, etc etc that should be mandatory before you can get a licence.

In Thailand ??.....    Do any of the clubs, restaurants, bars or even major shopping malls, or any public places have any of this ?

 

4 hours ago, bradiston said:

He's begging to be allowed to reopen, but has he learnt anything?

He, or us (foreign readers)... He (owner) seems to know everything he needs to to circumnavigate laws and get illegal business running again...  Its us who haven’t learned anything if we expect anything else. 

 

This will be an exercise of wash and repeat.... Raid... pay off the BiB, re-open... stay open for a few months, raid, pay off the BiB... and so-on...   If its profitable, then it works - its only about the bottom line.