As Songkran nears, PHM prepares crackdown on alcohol sales

The Public Health Ministry will next week kick off a massive campaign to strictly control alcohol and ban its sale in gas stations across the country - in a bid to increase public awareness of the dangers of drinking when driving during the Songkran festival, Deputy Public Health Minister, Manit Nopamornbodi said Tuesday.

He said the ministry will ask provincial public health office's chiefs to check gas stations across the country for alcohol sales. The ministry will warn gas station owners still selling alcohol products to comply with the law, then offenders will be prosecuted.

The Nation