Thursday, July 10, 2014

Alcohol sale and drink shall be banned in trains

BANGKOK :   Thailand State Railway will impose a ban on alcohol sale and drink on all trains in Thailand, after the rape and killing of a 13-year old girl on board a night sleeper train by a railway employee who took drug and drank on board.


State Railway Thailand governor Praphat Chongsa-nguan said Tuesday that the legal department had been instructed to come up with a regulation banning the sale of all alcoholic drinks on all trains.

 Passengers can bring their alcoholic drinks on board but if they are seen drinking on board they will be invited to get off the trains, he said.

 Reporter said that the suspect who confessed of raping and killing the 13-year old girl while travelling on a sleeper train from Surat Thani to Bangkok on Sunday was found out to be a former drug peddler without the knowledge of the SRT.

 The suspect was recently upgraded as permanent employee from a temporary employee, he said.

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