Regulator Shuts Down Booze Buffet; Threatens To Prosecute People Sharing Alcohol Pics

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Regulator Shuts Down Booze Buffet; Threatens To Prosecute People Sharing Alcohol Pics

By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter -

 

Security officers raid a bar Tuesday in Chiang Rai city for offering a 190 baht all-you-can-drink happy hour special.

 

BANGKOK — Thailand’s top anti-alcohol crusader is back, and he wants the internet to know even unintentionally promoting alcohol can lead to prosecution.

 

Following a yearlong media hiatus, Alcohol Control Board director Samarn Futrakul this week shut down a bar advertising all-you-can-drink packages on social media and warned Thursday that any netizen who encourages people to drink could face the same charges, no matter their intentions.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/2016/12/23/regulator-shuts-booze-buffet-threatens-prosecute-people-sharing-alcohol-pics/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-12-23

[trogers]

All you can drink buffet is still legal...for pop sodas and ice lemon tea...?

 

Anyone?

[Thaiwrath]

This fella needs to get a life.

[DaveE13]

I thought this guy was quiet. Now he is back for Xmas and new year holiday. Good timing lol

[PatOngo]

I thought the head honcho constabulary chief had a vested interest in a certain beverage distributor

[the donger]

Literally the fun police 

[robertthesculptor]

Show me a country....Any country that has banned anything alcohol related...Did it work?????

Thailand moves truckulently into the 1930s...Remedial history for those who haven't learned....

[NongKhaiKid]

Doesn't he know that the staple of the social media is photos of food, coffee, beer in bottles, beer in glasses etc. ?

Is this on his hit list too as photos of friends enjoying a beer much constitute encouragement, well in his sad little world anyway. 

 

[Cockwomble]

Certainly not a guy that you would invite to a party

[Lupatria]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s top anti-alcohol crusader is back, and he wants the internet to know even unintentionally promoting alcohol can lead to prosecution.

Is this Don Quijote crusader aware of the fact that his country is the leader in SEA when it comes to alcohol consumption? Btw prohibition is a very fine money making machine...

[yellowboat]

So wearing a BeerLao t-shirt in public is illegal ?  Not a fan of Thai beer monopoly. 

 

Without the junta, we would have never have known wet blankets like director Samarn existed in Thailand.  He is a sadly, comical man.

[impulse]

44 minutes ago, robertthesculptor said:

Show me a country....Any country that has banned anything alcohol related...Did it work?????

Thailand moves truckulently into the 1930s...Remedial history for those who haven't learned....

 

When I moved to Texas in 1978, it was legal to drink a beer while driving down the road (still illegal to have blood alcohol over the limit).  Today, it's not.  That seems to have worked.

[hanuman2543]

9 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

Is this Don Quijote crusader aware of the fact that his country is the leader in SEA when it comes to alcohol consumption? Btw prohibition is a very fine money making machine...

And a breeding ground for mafia like organizations

[Tchooptip]

1 hour ago, trogers said:

All you can drink buffet is still legal...for pop sodas and ice lemon tea...?

 

Anyone?

More... some legal all you can drink water buffet are even free 

[Sphere]

What does Beer Chang's advisor have to say about this? 

[DM07]

What a tool!

[tomacht8]

...any netizen who encourages people to drink could face the same charges, no matter their intentions.

Crack down on all big beer-, liquor- and advertising companies.
No Beer Girl Prettys , bottle openers, lighters, sunshades, beer gardens, illuminated signs, beer glasses, t-shirts?
Thailand on par with Saudi Arabia.


 

[Moonmoon]

I got a friend who is an offspring of a prominent family who owns a leading beer brand in Thailand. I always see him posting pics of himself drinking n promoting his family beer on facebook with no problems.

 

Obviously the competitors in chiang rai didnt like what this bar was doing.. its about who u know...

[Guderian]

Yes, he's been quite for a while now. I'd expect the next one to surface will be the guy who used to start shouting every six months or so about how (dirty) foreigners own one-third of Thailand, and 140% (at least!) of Phuket.

[captnhoy]

Drink up mates! Next round is on me.

[natway09]

This "all you can drink" in 3 hours is a bit silly as some will make a fool of themselves.

We are governed by the lowest common denominator.

There is no reference made that even implies that you cannot have an alcoholic drink in a licenced premises.

What they should do is stop the after hours cart bars that operate into the late early hours with no licenses (except the monthly brown paper bag )   no ablutions, nor dress code  no rules nor security.

Have a look at around 5 am down Sukhumvit  around Soi 15 , it is a pig farm

[AlQaholic]

I know!! to stop people from buying alcohol they can enact following regulations:

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 00:05 to 06:35.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 08:23 to 08:55.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 10:11 to 10:45.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 12:00 to 13:16.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 15:06 to 15:55.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 16:23 to 18:45.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 19:00 to 21:34.

Sale of alcohol is prohibited between 22:02 to 23:55.

All other times the sale of alcohol is restricted to sale only to persons wearing a hat and funny shirt, with long pants only.

[rkidlad]

This man is clearly more holy and moral than the rest of us. He's going to be very rich and famous in his next life. Cut this man a cheque. 

[Wiggy]

2 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

This fella needs to get a life.

This fella needs to get a beer. 

[anon467367354]

No more Regency commercials on the TV?

"even unintentionally promoting alcohol can lead to prosecution."

No more selfies at restaurants where there is alcohol on the table?

Could it be argued that seeing people eat on the TV makes the viewer feel like eating too, hence,

a restaurant pic with a beer could make someone want to drink.

The whole thing is ludicrous.

[doggie1955]

Any who encourages people to drink could face the same charges, no matter their intentions.

Unless you already paid us off...

[petedk]

3 minutes ago, doggie1955 said:

Any who encourages people to drink could face the same charges, no matter their intentions.

Unless you already paid us off...

 

Promoting soda water isn't illegal 

[WhizBang]

What a sad killjoy little man.
 

[Pdaz]

3 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

This fella needs to get a life.

 

And have a drink or two.

[tukkytuktuk]

If they legalized weed the all you can eat special offers would disappear over night. All you can drink could be dangerous as I know a few alcoholics who would be at risk of drowning.