Khaki clash over Chiang Mai pub raids

Municipal officials arrived at the after-hours location following an earlier assault that embarrassed the police.

Khaki clash over Chiang Mai pub raids
Early on Wednesday morning, a government official addresses patrons at an improper bar that was raided in Chiang Mai’s Muang district, many of whom are minors. Panumet Tanraksa in the image

As an obvious debate between the groups comes into the open, police anti-corruption officers are getting ready to look into provincial operational officials who were discovered in a Chiang Mai pub after business hours.

They are also representatives of the government. According to Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau( CIB ), staying at the bar after closing time is considered malfeasance.

Officers from the Chang Phueak officers train in Chiang Mai at Level 9, a top bar and restaurant, raided the building around 2.30 on Friday night, prompting the news.

After 1am, they discovered more than 50 patrons, one of whom was 17 years old, loitering at the table.

According to reports, the director admitted that the establishment had broken the law and was accused of selling alcohol after business hours.

A few Department of Provincial Administration ( DPA ) officials who had participated in a raid on October 31 at Le Neuf, an unlicensed bar, were among the 50 patrons, according to local reports.

Five top Chang Phueak station officers were transferred to inactive posts and nbsp as a result of that raid for allegedly failing to take action against the location under their jurisdiction. & nbsp,

The Chiang Mai police chief, Pol Maj Gen Thawatchai Pongwiwatanacha, noted that Chang Phueak officials had previously raided Le Neuf six times and that the power was not attempting to exact revenge on the DPA.

Le Neuf Cafe has been closed despite authorities attempts to ask the DPA to do so, he claimed.