reader Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Poolice have reportedly informed bar and club operators in Patpong that all venues must be closed with lights out by 2 a.m. It’s rumored that the order, which takes effect on Monday, could be a measure taken in connection with the big APEC gathering next month. TMax and Boy69 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomomancs Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Is any bar there currently open at 2am? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsf Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 They may technically close at 2, but if customers still there they will keep going till they leave or police come along and say time to go home. reader 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinapu Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 At 2 a.m. I'm usually romantically engaged so can, t care less Boy69 and Ruthrieston 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggusDikkus Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 11 hours ago, reader said: Poolice have reportedly informed bar and club operators in Patpong that all venues must be closed with lights out by 2 a.m. So, um, where are the after-hours clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fedssocr Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Maybe a reaction to the big bust of that Chinese club a few days reader 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patanawet Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 8 hours ago, paulsf said: They may technically close at 2, but if customers still there they will keep going till they leave or police come along and say time to go home. Absolutely NOT true. All the Patpong bars under Bang Rak jurisdiction have been ordered to close at 02:00 --- and they have done! One soi 4 'bar' used to open till the early hours, has been ordered to close at 02:00 for one month. (this, considering it's ownership is surprising!). However, walk along Silom to Saladeng, another police district, and one bar close to Silom, is packed into the street! Now I have seen this ,over the years, whenever a new commander takes over a district, it all becomes very strict for a week or two. Read into that all you like. I'm only talking from 20+ years being a local. TMax and vinapu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsf Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 And I just live down the street from Patpong and know what I see. (And hear) So absolutely true. Boy69 and vinapu 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reader Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 if there’s one thing I’ve learned about Bangkok (this is, after all, Thailand), there are no absolutes. What is true today is not necessarily so tomorrow. I was sitting at the bar with PaulSF when the bartender related the news about the closing and how it would affect what they’ll do going forward. i agree that new district police commanders frequently exercise their authority as a way of announcing their arrival only to revert to same same once they’re known and established. Yesterday the cops closed all the massage shops on Silom Soi 6 at 16:00 only to allow them to reopen three hours later. Patanawet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patanawet Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 4 hours ago, paulsf said: And I just live down the street from Patpong and know what I see. (And hear) So absolutely true. Yes paul, of course we all know that to be true but I was talking about an order that went out LAST night. I promise that all bars obeyed last night and as you know, you live on the border of at least two different police districts. As I pointed out, further along Silom different rules applied. As I also said, this seems to be an annual thing when police commanders(?) change and after a few days it all settles down again with some bars flouting the overall regulations. I can foresee it becoming strict again during the forthcoming APEC conference next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsf Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 And if you had made this post first instead of telling me I’m wrong we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I mostly agree with your second post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patanawet Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 34 minutes ago, paulsf said: And if you had made this post first instead of telling me I’m wrong we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I mostly agree with your second post. Sorry to have impinged on your important time. floridarob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinapu Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 9 hours ago, reader said: Yesterday the cops closed all the massage shops on Silom Soi 6 at 16:00 only to allow them to reopen three hours later That, s just outright lunacy reader 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macaroni21 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 13 hours ago, reader said: Yesterday the cops closed all the massage shops on Silom Soi 6 at 16:00 only to allow them to reopen three hours later. I wonder what happened to the customers who were within the premises at 16:00 and halfway through a massage.... Was the "treatment" suspended and resumed 3 hours later 😛? floridarob, vinapu and BL8gPt 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reader Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Shops were informed about an hour in advance from what I understand. Patanawet and vinapu 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinapu Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 hours ago, reader said: Shops were informed about an hour in advance from what I understand. At least that makes sense Patanawet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
