Thai Driver Fined after Driving Sedan on Kamala Beach – Video

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Kamala, Phuket –A Thai driver was fined 1,000 Baht after he drove a sedan on the Kamala Beach.

The Kamala Police Chief Colonel Somsak Thongkleang told the Phuket Express that the video clip of a black sedan driving on the beach went viral on social media earlier this week.

 

The Thai driver was called to the Kamla Police Station and identified only as Mr. Prasopchock, 39, an owner of a convenience store in Bangkok.

 

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-04-04

 

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[ukrules]

I wonder what would have happened if it was one of those hated foreigners?

 

 

[bubblegum]

Oh the shame after the Thai netizen blamed farang.

[LudwigK]

Who is the Master of Fakenews in TH ?

[AhFarangJa]

Egg on their faces seeing as how the netizen nutters were calling the driver a Farang.......Som Nom Na....

[wensiensheng]

7 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder what would have happened if it was one of those hated foreigners?

 

 

At the time the video went viral, I believe that farang were blamed as being the driver and their were howls for their deportation.

 

oh the irony 

[newbee2022]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Kamala, Phuket –A Thai driver was fined 1,000 Baht after he drove a sedan on the Kamala Beach.

The Kamala Police Chief Colonel Somsak Thongkleang told the Phuket Express that the video clip of a black sedan driving on the beach went viral on social media earlier this week.

 

The Thai driver was called to the Kamla Police Station and identified only as Mr. Prasopchock, 39, an owner of a convenience store in Bangkok.

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: THE PHUKET EXPRESS 2024-04-04

 

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1000 Baht is rediculous. At least 10.000 or more even. And revoke his visa. And confiscate the car.🙏

[transam]

Just now, newbee2022 said:

1000 Baht is rediculous. At least 10.000 or more even. And revoke his visa. And confiscate the car.🙏

Don't be silly, gawd.....................

[billd766]

26 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

Egg on their faces seeing as how the netizen nutters were calling the driver a Farang.......Som Nom Na....

"Concerned netizen" posters jumping the gun, AGAIN, and instantly blaming foreigners when they didn't have a clue WHO was driving the car.

 

To quote Benny Hill, for a polite version.

 

Sirry Iriots

[Goat]

8 hours ago, bubblegum said:

Oh the shame after the Thai netizen blamed farang.

No, no Petal.

They never said it was a farang.

They said foreign tourist and thought he was Chinese looking.

Chinese Thai by the sound of it.

Not a local.

 

[Goat]

51 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

At the time the video went viral, I believe that farang were blamed as being the driver and their were howls for their deportation.

 

oh the irony 

Nobody ever said Farang.

An asian tourist was blamed.

And it was an Asian tourist from Bangkok.

[JeffersLos]

Execute him. 

[Martin71]

3 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

Execute him. 

Twice..

[richard_smith237]

8 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder what would have happened if it was one of those hated foreigners?

 

Exactly this....  

 

... If the tool driving down the beach was a foreigner, what charges would we have seen ?

 

deportation ?.... much greater outrage at 'foreigners putting Thai's at risk etc'.... 

 

 

In the past when we have seen issues where the response is "If it was a Thai they'd only receive 500 Baht and a slap on the wrist!".... and then we have posters to respond... "You don't know that"...  "You can't prove that"... "Post a Link to where that happened"...

 

... Well, here it is... . we have a situation where it was initially thought the perpetrator was not Thai and there is outrage... but when authorities find out he's Thai's we learn the fine is pathetic and insignificant.

 

Of course, we will now need to see a 'foreigner' caught for doing exactly the same thing and getting fined more and deported for his actions to justify these opinions to the Thai Apologists. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mikeymike100]

23 minutes ago, Goat said:

Nobody ever said Farang.

An asian tourist was blamed.

And it was an Asian tourist from Bangkok.

"The Thai driver was called to the Kamla Police Station and identified only as Mr. Prasopchock, 39, an owner of a convenience store in Bangkok. "

 

He was Thai! ?

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder what would have happened if it was one of those hated foreigners?

 

 

I was thinking the same thing.... definitely not a 1,000 baht fine.

[crazykopite]

Had that been a Foreigner it would of been a court appearance aheavy fine and there visa revoked yet a thai gets away with a 1,000 baht fine pity his car didn’t sink into the sand and get flooded 

[Scouse123]

1 hour ago, crazykopite said:

Had that been a Foreigner it would of been a court appearance aheavy fine and there visa revoked yet a thai gets away with a 1,000 baht fine pity his car didn’t sink into the sand and get flooded 

 

 

Well, they can hardly revoke his visa!

[wensiensheng]

3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

1000 Baht is rediculous. At least 10.000 or more even. And revoke his visa. And confiscate the car.🙏

Hard to revoke the visa of a thai person.

 

could revoke his drivers licence, if in fact he committed a traffic offence

[wensiensheng]

3 hours ago, Goat said:

Nobody ever said Farang.

An asian tourist was blamed.

And it was an Asian tourist from Bangkok.

“Foreigner condemned for driving car on Kamala Beach in Phuket; PM blasted for saying cannabis policy yielded bad results”

 

this headline from the AN of the day suggests differently, does it not?

[Goat]

18 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

“Foreigner condemned for driving car on Kamala Beach in Phuket; PM blasted for saying cannabis policy yielded bad results”

 

this headline from the AN of the day suggests differently, does it not?

Where does it say "farang"

[Goat]

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Of course, we will now need to see a 'foreigner' caught for doing exactly the same thing and getting fined more and deported for his actions to justify these opinions to the Thai Apologists. 

 

Feeling "victimised" over what you imagine what might of happened to an imaginary farang in the same situation are we?

Your non stop ranting about how you are not being treated "fairly" in Thailand makes me wonder why you stay here?

 

Thailand is not for snowflakes. 

They melt.

 

Show me a single example of a foreigner doing the same thing and being deported for it.

It has never happened anywhere apart from in your imagination.

Go home if you dont like it.

[Umlungu]

It was all foreigner, foreigner, foreigner initially (NOT farang, mind you), before it turned out that it was actually a Thai driving his - alleged - 'rental' car along the beach for a few metres. So, it is confirmed he is a Thai citizen, possibly of Chinese descent (irrelevant, doesn't make the person a foreigner). Tourist from BKK, also irrelevant. Can we now receive a correction and apology by this media outlet for misrepresenting and lying about the facts? All foreigners were defamed in the process and should file a defamation case as a means of encouraging and enforcing proper reporting and not just unsubstantiated gossip.

[Umlungu]

5 hours ago, Goat said:

Nobody ever said Farang.

An asian tourist was blamed.

And it was an Asian tourist from Bangkok.

Rubbish. It says 'foreigner' in the headline and also text. Not Asian tourist from Bkk. Bad journalism, no research, another click-bait foreigner bashing article.

[Luuk Chaai]

15 hours ago, Goat said:

Nobody ever said Farang.

An asian tourist was blamed.

And it was an Asian tourist from Bangkok.

“Foreign tourists cause trouble every day! A foreign tourist, of unidentified nationality, driving a sedan on Kamala Beach this morning. He even drove it into the seawater. Vendors and lifeguards had to intervene. If it is a rental car, the car owner will have to pay a lot for repairs.”

The video showed a foreign motorist driving along the beach, where the sea water washed over the sand.

[KhunLA]

I don't know about y'all, but I didn't know it was illegal to do.  Wonder what the citation was for.  From the vid, there didn't seem to be anyone on the beach area, so not reckless endangerment.  

[Goat]

5 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

“Foreign tourists cause trouble every day! A foreign tourist, of unidentified nationality, driving a sedan on Kamala Beach this morning. He even drove it into the seawater. Vendors and lifeguards had to intervene. If it is a rental car, the car owner will have to pay a lot for repairs.”

The video showed a foreign motorist driving along the beach, where the sea water washed over the sand.

You have trouble comprehending.

He was not a Phuket local.

[frank83628]

22 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

Egg on their faces seeing as how the netizen nutters were calling the driver a Farang.......Som Nom Na....

hahah, exactly what i wanted to say.

[phil2407]

Whose gonna have the balls to charge defamation case hahahaha 🤣