If you want a clearer picture of what the NEW NORMAL looks like then consider the hundreds of youngsters who have just been ARRESTED in Thailand for the dastardly ‘crime’ of having a party.
Only, it isn’t a crime at all. There is no actual law against this. Just new rules and guidelines. Call them regulations if you like but these are not laws, passed by an elected government and added to the statute book.
This is just personal freedoms removed by the COVID lie.
Never-the-less, over 100 people partying, apparently in contravention of Covid-19 restrictions’ (again, not laws but restrictions) were arrested when police and local officials raided a nightspot on Koh Phangan on Tuesday night.
A team of immigration and tourist police and local officials converged on the Three Sixty Bar in Koh Phangnan district around 9.30pm.
They found Thais and foreigners crowded inside the premises, where music was playing and food and alcoholic drinks being served.
A total of 109 party-goers were locked up and their liberty denied them, having broken NO LAWS.
There were 89 foreigners (38 men and 51 women) and 20 Thais (7 men and 13 women).
Also detained were Pongdaran Lim-ochakul, 40, who admitted being the owner, and Somsakul Kiartnarong, 47, who admitted being the organiser of the party, police said. (continues below)
The customers were charged with violating the emergency decree (not law) to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Mr Pongdaran and Mr Somsakul were charged with colluding in operating an entertainment venue without permission.
All were taken to Koh Phangan station for legal action.
Pol Col Suraruek Phankosol, chief of Surat Thani immigration, said police had been alerted to tickets being sold online to a party at the Three Sixty Bar in breach of the law.
Surat Thani governor Wichawut Jinto said on Wednesday he had been briefed on the raid.
He had ordered strict action be taken against the offenders, to send the message that breaches of restrictions to contain the spread of the disease would not be tolerated.
THIS is what the NEW NORMAL looks like. Get used to it people.
