The hapless Prime Minister of Thailand, who has been stumbling around in the dark for the last twelve-months getting everything, he possibly can, wrong, has now been fined for not wearing a face mask in Bangkok
To make matters worse Prayut himself, or a member of his equally hapless team, posted the evidence to his own Facebook page.
In a now-deleted photo, posted Monday morning, Gen. Prayut can be seen chairing a meeting about the country’s vaccination campaign without his mask on, prompting netizens to question whether the premier was breaking the governor’s mandatory mask wearing order which went into effect for the first day today.
Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang later said online that Prayut was fined 6,000 baht for not wearing his mask in public space, a violation of the Communicable Diseases Act.
“Myself, together with the metro police commander and officers from Dusit Police Station, went to the Government House, and the prime minister assented to being fined,” Aswin said Monday evening.
It remains unclear whether Prayut paid the fine out of his own pocket.
Today is the first day on which the governor’s order on mandatory mask-wearing in public spaces across Bangkok became effective, with violators facing maximum fines of 20,000.
The rule also applies to passengers sitting in the same vehicle, no matter if they are members of the same household or not. – Source Khaosod English
