Double bust for Phuket bar owner
Phuket Gazette


Col Peerayuth said Ms Anchalee, who claimed to be the business owner, was caught selling alcohol to underage customers and failed to produce a permit for operating the venue. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- A Phuket bar owner was arrested twice in two days for running a nightlife venue without a permit and selling alcohol to underage customers.

Officers conducted a check at Zippy Bar in Phuket Town last Wednesday, of which Anchalee Kietiyod, 30, claimed to be the owner, said Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayuth Karajedee.

“She was found selling alcohol to about 15 underage customers and was also unable to produce a permit for running a nightlife venue. So, we arrested her and took her to the station for further processing,” Col Peerayuth said.

When officers returned to check on the bar the next evening, they found Ms Anchalee operating as usual, as well as continuing to sell alcohol to underage customers.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-03-15

Very thai behaviour….just ignore and carry on like it's someone else's mistake.

Very thai behaviour….just ignore and carry on like it's someone else's mistake.

Well why not? Where's the deterrent?

The minimum age is always changing so they could be 30

.... still open...???

...must be the daughter of a 'somebody'.....

...how was the bar even allowed to open in the first place....and for how many years already....

...another 'fair business practice'.....

...while others.... bust their @#$%^&* to survive...and to.... 'follow the rules'.

..namely foreigners....

she needed the money to pay the fine

Where's the photo of her surrounded by the cops?

Don't see anything really unusual about this report.

It's rare that any code enforcement action taken by the BIB results in any meaningful change. The same places just reopen shortly thereafter with a new "owner" or "manager" in name, but in a likelihood, the same real anonymous owner behind the scenes.

"In a court ruling on Friday, Ms Anchalee was fined 20,000 baht and handed a six-month prison sentence with one-year parole for the first incident.

She is currently awaiting the ruling for her second alleged offence, to which charges of insulting police officers have been added."

Sorted !

Som nam na.

Next !

"In a court ruling on Friday, Ms Anchalee was fined 20,000 baht and handed a six-month prison sentence with one-year parole for the first incident.

She is currently awaiting the ruling for her second alleged offence, to which charges of insulting police officers have been added."

Sorted !

Som nam na.

Next !

Sounds good…see you in pattaya after 18 months honey!

.... still open...???

...must be the daughter of a 'somebody'.....

...how was the bar even allowed to open in the first place....and for how many years already....

...another 'fair business practice'.....

...while others.... bust their @#$%^&* to survive...and to.... 'follow the rules'.

..namely foreigners....

Please read before commenting.

.... still open...???

...must be the daughter of a 'somebody'.....

...how was the bar even allowed to open in the first place....and for how many years already....

...another 'fair business practice'.....

...while others.... bust their @#$%^&* to survive...and to.... 'follow the rules'.

..namely foreigners....

"......how was the bar even allowed to open in the first place....and for how many years already......" Good point.

And how come , in a routine check, this hasn't been discovered before.

I have no sympathy for her serving under aged clientele. What's the bet the young girls are "working" as well.

And i am no prud

this lady has no apparent regard for authority just close her down and give her 6 months in the hoosegow hopefully that might do the trick.

That cop looks like Dracula's son

Who cares........

Someone didn't stuff the envelope correctly.

That cop looks like Dracula's son

Don't they all?

They have been sucking the life blood out of Phuket for years.

A miniscule of investigation into activity on popular social networks would uncover a hoard of unregistered businesses and illegal workers in Phuket.

What's the prevailing 'crackdown'?