A familiar sight pre-pandemic is back on the streets of Bangkok and neighboring areas.
Chain gangs.
About one hundred prisoners were putting out sandbags near the Nonthaburi clocktower and port as well as undertaking cleaning operations along Chaeng Wattana Road, reported Thai Rath yesterday.
Forty convicts came from Bangkok Special Prison, Bang Khwang and Klong Prem, 37 from Pathum Thani and 19 from Nonthaburi jail.
Justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin said he was unable to attend in person due to meetings at Government House but he said he had sent along food and drink for the chain gangs as encouragement.
He said that there were plenty more prisoners who were available for public service like this, just ask the corrections department if you need them.
Chain gangs were once a frequent sight in Thailand though their use was stopped during the pandemic, notes ASEAN NOW