Thailand post warns against posting prohibited items online for shipping

[webfact]

Thailand post warns against posting prohibited items online for shipping

BANGKOK, 22 July 2014 (NNT) – Thailand Post has advised members of the public against posting prohibited items online after a pet animal had been shipped in a box to a customer in Pathum Thani.

A pet squirrel was ordered online last week by a customer and was discovered dead on arrival in a parcel sent to the customer. The online vendor had given assurances to the customer that the animal would arrive safely.

Thailand Post stated that restricted or prohibited items include living creatures, controlled drugs, pornographic material, flammable objects, and bank notes. The company has recently uncovered turtles, snakes, and other animals being shipped in mailed packages.

The postal service provider reiterated that posting these items violates Thailand’s Postal Act (1934) and any individuals found guilty committing these offenses will be persecuted.

Members of the public are also urged to check the credibility of online vendors before making a purchase, as a large number of customers have fallen victim to scams during the past years.


-- NNT 2014-07-22

[terryp]

cant send bank notes in the post?....... i do it every Birthday to my Grand Kids?

Edited July 22, 2014 by terryp

[EricBerg]

"A pet squirrel was ordered online last week by a customer and was discovered dead on arrival in a parcel sent to the customer. The online vendor had given assurances to the customer that the animal would arrive safely."

Stupidity like that will not produce a successful vendor.

"Thailand Post stated that restricted or prohibited items include" ... "and bank notes."

Means I am not allowed to put a bank note in a birthday card for a small cousin? I protest.

[mahjongguy]

"any individuals found guilty committing these offenses will be persecuted"

Persecuted? That's a bit extreme.

[lupin]

Thailand Post has advised members of the public against posting prohibited items

Such as rocks in place of Iphones.....

[ratcatcher]

A pet squirrel was ordered online last week by a customer and was discovered dead on arrival in a parcel sent to the customer. The online vendor had given assurances to the customer that the animal would arrive safely.

What's the persecution for shipping gerbils through the Thailand Post?

[Chang_paarp]

cant send bank notes in the post?....... i do it every Birthday to my Grand Kids?

The fine for this heinous crime is the money not arriving, sometimes even the card is imprisoned.

[Paul888]

Apparently the police haven't yet ruled out suicide.

[Misterwhisper]

What sort of numbskull orders a live animal by mail? He/She should be "persecuted" for his/her stupidity alone.

[BangkokHank]

"any individuals found guilty committing these offenses will be persecuted"

Persecuted? That's a bit extreme.

They obviously meant to say "prostituted".

[uptheos]

"any individuals found guilty committing these offenses will be persecuted"

Persecuted? That's a bit extreme.

No-one expects the Spanish inquisition!

[Songhua]

"any individuals found guilty committing these offenses will be persecuted"

Persecuted? That's a bit extreme.

They're just going by the 'letter' of the law.

[FangFerang]

How do I feel after I read this story? Confusded and amuseded...but this light news is a relief from the heaviness that has settled around the web.

Someone ordered a squirrel by mail...were they nuts? A corn imagine a dumber idea. Everyone will be chattering about it.

It's equal parts horrible animal tragedy -- quick someone call in the PETA peckers to pester the perpetrator -- and weird fact. A good fiction writer could not get away with this, because no one would suspend their disbelief. .

The mind boggles at the.... nefarious possibilities.

Here I am, a completely unspectacular rodent, and POW -- suddenly I am trapped in a box and being man-handled by the worst postal system in SE Asia (there are reports of handlers drop-kicking parcels to each other on the sorting floor). What did I do in a previous life to deserve this?

And the offerer: "Hmm, my plantation of papaya trees didn't pan out -- those darn squirrels ate all my profits...revenge..yeah there must be revenge. I'll snuff the little scurry rats, then ship them off dead and claim the post office killed them..yeah..that's the ticket! I will get rich and wreak vengeance on those little scavenging scalliwags!"

Worst case scenario-- it's a plot from the orange shirts (since there are no reds and yellows anymore they have combined unification forces) and they sleazily seek to undermine Thainess, rodent hegemony, and confidence in the Thai baht in one fell swoop.

On the bright side, dried squirrel tails make great dusters!

[VBF]

"any individuals found guilty committing these offenses will be persecuted"

Persecuted? That's a bit extreme.

They're just going by the 'letter' of the law.

That's why they "posted" it!

[VBF]

What sort of numbskull orders a live animal by mail? He/She should be "persecuted" for his/her stupidity alone.

The same sort of numbskull who sends one I suppose.But yes, I agree with you MW

Edited July 22, 2014 by VBF

[Suriya4]

What about Red colour T-shirts?

[Kasset Tak]

What sort of numbskull orders a live animal by mail? He/She should be "persecuted" for his/her stupidity alone.

The same sort of numbskull who sends one I suppose.But yes, I agree with you MW

We got a delivery of 300 chickens to the college where I work, they came in 3 boxes by bus last week as you are not supposed to send live animals by post. The post office is only a couple of hundred meters away but still we get most shipments sent bus to the bus terminal 20 km away as everything that is alive (animal or plant), fresh, heavy or packed in ice can't/shouldn't be sent by Thailand post for many reasons!

[Rykbanlor]

Apparently the police haven't yet ruled out suicide.

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[catweazle]

$#it! How will my "best friend" get his porn collection out of the country now?

I think that "alive animal" part is because postal services here are so slow that any animal sent will surely die...

Thailand - hub of crackdowns...

Edited July 23, 2014 by catweazle

[marsstar14]

"Thailand Post stated that restricted or prohibited items include" ... "and bank notes."

Means I am not allowed to put a bank note in a birthday card for a small cousin? I protest.

How nice of you. However, I think it's better to give that money directly to your cousin. Mailed items in Thailand get lost frequently due to poor delivery services. Therefore, I assume that the Thai Post are preventing the delivery of banknotes to protect their own customers.

Some mailmen in Thailand also attempt to pry open the delivered packages to see what is inside in the hopes of getting some cash or other valuable items. Unfortunately, this is an all too common problem in Thailand where respect for a person's privacy is sometimes not really considered.

[belg]

website still live ?

[webfact]

Thailand post unveils six items that are prohibited to be sent by mail



BANGKOK, 23 July 2014 (NNT) - Thailand Post has announced that it will take stern action against online vendors posting items that are prohibited for shipment in the post after there has been a case where a live squirrel was found dead upon delivery.

Investigations reveal that there were also other cases of live animals such as turtles, snakes, and Siamese fighting fish, being transported in the post.

Therefore, Thai Post has firmly declared that the six items that are prohibited from mail delivery are live animals, addictive substances, pornographic materials, flammable objects, sharp objects, and bank notes.

The postal service provider said that the shipment of live animals is illegal, as it violates the Thailand Postal Act (1934). Anybody violating the law would be held accountable on related charges so that others won’t repeat the same mistake.


-- NNT 2014-07-23

[thairastawoman]

Still dreaming about the power of their declarations...

Who cares what they think or want !?!!!

[Suradit69]

Apparently the police haven't yet ruled out suicide.

And the Thai Visa Crime Scene Investigators are still trying to link the death to the height of balcony railings in Thailand.

Edited July 24, 2014 by Suradit69