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Fine, suspended jail for cockfight gamblers

People caught gambling at cockfighting rings in Ayutthaya have been given suspended jail terms and a 6,000-baht fine. (Bangkok Post file photo)

AYUTTHAYA: Eleven people arrested for gambling on cockfights were each given suspended 15-day jail terms and fined 6,000 baht by the provincial court, governor Panu Yaemsri said on Monday.

The 11 were detained by police on Jan 4 at a cockfighting ring in tambon Sampao Lom in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district.

They were indicted in the Ayutthaya Provincial Court on charges of illegal gambling and violating an order issued under the emergency decree prohibiting gathering at a crowded venue, to control the Covid-19 pandemic.

The court on Jan 5 sentenced each of them to 15 days in jail, suspended for one year, a fine of 1,000 baht for illegal betting and 5,000 baht…

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