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Mae Rim: 29 Gamblers at Funeral Arrested

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29 Gamblers at Funeral Arrested

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – 29 people were arrested after they were caught gambling at a funeral in Mae Rim on August 22.

 

The 3rd Development Battalion and police officers from the Mae Rim police station raided the funeral after a tip-off that there was people gambling after several sets of gambling equipment was seen being smuggled into the event.

 

Full story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/29-gamblers-at-funeral-arrested/

 
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-- © Copyright Chiang City News 2016-08-24

Killjoys. :D

In our region it is/was a standard procedure at funerals.

Unofficially exempted by the cops.

And the dead person lost his street fight...

if the gaming is more to pass time rather than serious bets, the authorities could perhaps treat it a way of life issue.

uncontrolled gambling of course would be undesirable.

Gambling with death !

regards Worgeordie

But, there is no enforcement for anything else. Sad

Somebody within the family must have upset  the b.i.b..

Every funeral in Thailand they have people gambling, so what was different here?

I have been to funerals here were even the police were involved.

I was also under the impression that gambling was only permitted at funerals but she who knows everything tells me that palms need to be greased, that was obviously not the situation here.

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The 3rd Development Battalion and police officers.....

 

A threat to national security has been averted.

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Somebody within the family must have upset  the b.i.b..

Every funeral in Thailand they have people gambling, so what was different here?

I have been to funerals here were even the police were involved.

 

Someone did not get paid.

The picture shows clearly that most of the uniformed personals are army. I only see one BIB and he was needed to come with the police truck to arrest the gamblers.

 

Since Prayuth has been in power gambling at funerals are now illegal but the army camps are to far away so the cops still collect their fees.

 

I remember going to  a huge tribal funeral that lasted for several days  with many  ceremonies involved , animals killed and eaten, several shamans working around the clock.I was also surprised  that there was intense gambling all night long  some of which i never understood the rules of, even though i watched for  hours.all the gamblers were part of the funeral as far as i understood....

Whenever you ban an activity it tends to go underground and is run by the worst types in our society. Better to legalise it and set up legitimate clubs where people can gamble in relative safety.

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