国际英语资讯:Thai authorities target stores selling alcohol to underage during New Year holiday
<p><span word="BANGKOK">BANGKOK</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 30-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Thai">Thai</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="alcohol">alcohol</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="selling">selling</span> <span word="alcoholic">alcoholic</span> <span word="beverages">beverages</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="underage">underage</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="penalties">penalties</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="retail">retail</span> <span word="stores">stores</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="alcohol">alcohol</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 20, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Year">Year</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="season">season</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="climbed">climbed</span> <span word="to">to</span> 159 <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Pol">Pol</span> <span word="Lt">Lt</span>-<span word="Gen">Gen</span> <span word="Damrongsak">Damrongsak</span> <span word="Kittiprapat">Kittiprapat</span>, <span word="assistant">assistant</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Prevent">Prevent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Reduce">Reduce</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="Accidents">Accidents</span>.</p><p><span word="From">From</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="record">record</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drunk">drunk</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="accidents">accidents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="under">under</span> 20, <span word="prompting">prompting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tighten">tighten</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sale">sale</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="alcohol">alcohol</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="youths">youths</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="violators">violators</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Damrongsak">Damrongsak</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Prevent">Prevent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Reduce">Reduce</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="Accidents">Accidents</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="that">that</span> 47 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="and">and</span> 560 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="in">in</span> 531 <span word="road">road</span> <span word="accidents">accidents</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 31.83 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accidents">accidents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="blamed">blamed</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="drunk">drunk</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="and">and</span> 30.89 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="speeding">speeding</span>.</p><p><span word="Motorcycles">Motorcycles</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="involved">involved</span> <span word="in">in</span> 80.55 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accidents">accidents</span>.</p><p><span word="Damrongsak">Damrongsak</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="of">of</span> 216,804 <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="violators">violators</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="charged">charged</span>, <span word="including">including</span> 58,550 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="failing">failing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="crash">crash</span> <span word="helmets">helmets</span> <span word="and">and</span> 52,434 <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="driving">driving</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="license">license</span>.</p>
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