Diners, staff at restaurant fined B12,500 each
published : 8 Oct 2021 at 12:06
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Prasit Tangprasert
The 39 people, customers and staff, caught at a Nakhon Ratchasima restaurant serving alcohol and opening after hours on Wednesday night have each been fined 12,500 baht.
They were also given suspended two-month prison sentences.
The 28 diners and 11 employees were arrested at the Lamer Restaurant & Karaoke.
The restaurant was raided about 10.30pm on Wednesday by police and local officials. It was operating outside legal hours, there was live music and people were being served alcohol - all in breach of the emergency decree.
Mr Narongchon said provincial authorities would also take action against the operator of the restaurant.
Businesses must strictly abide by the law during the Covid-19 outbreak, police said. They advised people and businesses to be more patient with the restrictions, as the situation would soon improve.
Vocabulary
- arrested: caught by the police and taken to a police station because you are believed to have committed a crime - ถูกจับกุม
- emergency decree (noun): a situation where the government takes on special powers in a dangerous situation and the rights of the people are often limited in some way - ประกาศภาวะฉุกเฉิน
- fine: to be required to pay an amount of money because you have broken the law - ปรับเป็นเงิน
- in breach of: failing to follow a law or rule - ละเมิดกฎข้อบังคับ
- patient: peaceful and quiet; without anxiety - อดทน, อดกลั้น
- raid (noun): a short (surprise) attack on an enemy or group - การจู่โจม,การโจมตี, การบุกเข้า
- restriction: a rule, action or situation that limits or controls someone or something - การจำกัด, การควบคุม
- suspend a sentence: a situation when the court decides that the person who has been proven guilty of a crime does not have to undergo the punishment given, usually under certain conditions - รอลงอาญา
