A court Sunday handed down jail time to the managers of two Thonglor nightlife hotspots linked to the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok and the whiff of politician scandal.
Kanchit Sueborisutjai of the Emerald Club and Chawalit Puttarat of the Krystal Club and were given two-month sentences for violating zoning law and the pandemic emergency decree by the Bangkok Criminal Court after dozens of people, rumored to include some very high-ranking government officials, became infected there. No action was taken against the clubs’ owners.
Maj. Gen. Sophon Sarapat, commander of the 5th metro police division, did not explain why the club managers were prosecuted rather than the owners, but it didn’t escape notice: people online suggested the two clubs are owned by powerful people immune from consequences, as did a former MP last week who also said that at least one,…
