Cover-Up Crackdown Continues in Chiang Mai

[rodcourt49]

Move to Samui, you'll see many bare chested handsome men....

...taking the 'little Buddha' for an outing...happy days!

[terminatorchiangmai]

I hardly saw any checkpoints in Chiang Mai for alcohol, or traffic police patrolling the roads.

Only in busy areas police on foot fining the shirt less ones.

Way to go Thailand you really got your priorities straight.

[cmsally]

They seemed to be really cracking down on the moat area. Consequently very quiet compared to previous years. This is the quietest I've ever seen it.

Didn't help that the moat water was like pea soup.

[williamgeorgeallen]

if i were a gambling man i would say this is to make it look like they are not just fining foreigners.

[gandalf12]

So what is the justification for the double standard of fines?

[Freakin Musashi]

They look appropriately dressed to celebrate traditional Thai culture imho!

What sort of treatment would they receive if they were dressed in these traditional (topless) costumes? I've gotta try that.

[dundas]

Oh dear the pillow biters are out in force once again.

I think you nailed it, maybe not in the way you intended. The police presumably wanted that photo to act as a deterrent, but what they've actually done is take some tentative steps into the world of homo-erotic photography.

Only in Thailand ...