Man behind Big Mountain music fest apologies for fiasco
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published : 16 Dec 2020 at 19:49
13 Fans flock to Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima last weekend. (Photo from Bing Mountain Music Festival)
The organiser of the Big Mountain Music Festival on Wednesday apologised to fans, authorities, the provinces and his colleagues for the abrupt end of the shows.
Yuthana Boonorm posted a Facebook message blaming himself for the premature end of the event on the order of Nakhon Ratchasima health authorities after the organisers failed to enforce strict measures to contain the coronavirus. I could not manage everything as planned, especially measures to prevent Covid-19 that should have been more stringent and carried out with better efficiency, he wrote.
Grammy executives to hear charges over music festival
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published : 15 Dec 2020 at 19:29
5 Concert-goers crowd the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday. (Photo from @paiyoonaima Twitter account)
Police will summon executives of music giant GMM Grammy to acknowledge charges for violating a coronavirus emergency decree over the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Sunday.
Pol Lt Gen Panurat Lakboon, commander of the Provincial Police Region 3, said on Tuesday that Nakhon Ratchasima public health officials had filed a complaint against the organisers of the Big Mountain Music Festival after the event went ahead on Sunday in defiance of an order cancelling its second day by the communicable diseases committee.
Big Mountain Music Festival fiasco prompts warning
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PM threatens to use emergency decree
published : 15 Dec 2020 at 04:00
110 Concert-goers crowd the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday. (Photo from the festival organisers)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday threatened to enforce the emergency decree and prohibit the assembly of more than five people should the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the country get any worse.
Speaking to media after the controversy surrounding attempts by authorities to bring the curtain down early on the Big Mountain Music Festival over the weekend, Gen Prayut refused to rule out once again using the sweeping powers afforded to him by the decree to curtail or prevent large public gatherings.
PM threatens emergency decree if COVID worsens
PM threatens emergency decree if COVID worsens
THAILAND: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday (Dec 14) threatened to enforce the emergency decree and prohibit the assembly of more than five people should the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country get any worse.
Tuesday 15 December 2020, 09:02AM
Concert-goers crowd the Big Mountain Music Festival in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday (Dec 12). Photo from the festival organisers.
Speaking to media after the controversy surrounding attempts by authorities to bring the curtain down early on the Big Mountain Music Festival over the weekend, Gen Prayut refused to rule out once again using the sweeping powers afforded to him by the decree to curtail or prevent large public gatherings.
Govt can stop festival, but not an ideology
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Atiya Achakulwisut Columnist for the Bangkok Post
published : 15 Dec 2020 at 04:00
Will the wall of empty containers contain all the grievances people in the country have?
Will the concertina wire, water cannon, batons, emergency or lese majeste laws be strong enough to stop those who want to speak up about what they believe is wrong?
The last-minute cancellation of the second leg of the two-day Big Mountain Music Festival (BMMF) in the popular resort province of Nakhon Ratchasima should give people from both sides of the political conflict some points to ponder. For the authorities, questions are numerous and loud over whether the abrupt order had less to do with disease control or was more of an attempt to control the pro-reform political messages that were prominently on display during the music fest.