Bangkok Tightens Alcohol Sales Rules for Minors and Intoxicated Custom

Bangkok Tightens Alcohol Sales Rules for Minors and Intoxicated Customers

Bangkok authorities are stepping up efforts to make alcohol retailers comply with stricter rules aimed at protecting minors and reducing alcohol-related harm. Sellers are being urged to verify customers’ ages and refuse alcohol to anyone under 20 or anyone who is visibly intoxicated. Businesses that violate the rules can face fines of up to 100,000 baht under Thailand’s amended alcohol-control legislation. Retailers may also face civil liability when an unlawful sale is linked to injuries or other damage caused afterward. Officials are taking the awareness campaign directly to businesses across Bangkok as they push retailers to understand their responsibilities under the updated law.