Police close Hua Hin music festival after fight breaks out

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Police close Hua Hin music festival after fight breaks out
Staff writer



HUA HIN:-- Police brought a music festival to an abrupt end on Friday night after several fights broke out in the crowd.

Police and military personnel were forced to step in at Chang Music Connection event held at Hua Hin’s Centennial Park.

The event which was playing host to a number of popular Thai bands including Modern Dog, Paradox, Bigass and Dome Pakorn and was attended by 12,000 people, mainly Thai teenagers.

However, police closed the event just over an hour into the show after large groups of youths started fighting.

A number of people were arrested and 10 people required hospital treatment following the melee, which at its peak was said to involve approximately 30 people.

Some of those in attendance took to social media to express their disappointment at not being able to see their favourite bands perform due to the actions of a small minority of the crowd.

Source: Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn


-- 2016-02-01

[shirtless]

Prayut and his boys sure have a lot of happiness spreading around.

[Buffy Frobisher]

+Shirtless, with respect, this ain't about Prayuth or politics at all. I guess you don't have experience with crowd control or safety, but 30 people going off in a crowd of 12,000 risks stampeding through fear and subsequent collateral death and injury, and it can happen in a heartbeat. Shutting it down was the only safe resolution to the problem. Best to save your political ammo for something worthwhile.

[terryp]

like many countrys there are serious problems with the youth , bored, dumb no prospects...then add alcohol to people with IQ of morons = idiots

Army need to re-educate these uneducated

[oldgent]

and some one was asking how its like living in Hau Hin happens every Sat. night in the UK

[gandalf12]

and some one was asking how its like living in Hau Hin happens every Sat. night in the UK

Not exactly a recommendation is it?

[NCC1701A]

shoot i missed it.

[Emster23]

Gotta love beer company sponsoring music festival aimed mainly at teenagers,

[jacko45k]

like many countrys there are serious problems with the youth , bored, dumb no prospects...then add alcohol to people with IQ of morons = idiots

Army need to re-educate these uneducated

Perhaps the army simply needs to enlist them all.

[Khon Kaen Dave]

ha! you gotta love these people.Even at a bloody music festival,they have to kick off.Drugs,booze,gun's knives etc.What on earth,makes these people the way they are?As 1 O.P said,what else can you expect where the the general I.Q is 30.KKD

[worgeordie]

I am sure alcohol played a big part in the fighting,

youths,loud music,beer,drugs,what did they expect

to happen.

regards Worgeordie