News Forum - CCSA criticises newspaper’s ‘hunt for Africans’ story, clarifies efforts to track travellers

[Thaiger]

Yesterday’s top headline on the frontpage of the Bangkok Post, “Govt hunts for African visitors,” which contact those who are considered at risk of the Omicron variant, drew criticism from readers as well as the government’s Covid-19 task force. The CCSA made a statement today clarifying its efforts to contact travellers who entered Thailand within the past two weeks from any of the eight African countries classified by the Thai government as a high risk for the Omicron variant. At today’s CCSA press briefing, a spokesperson for the English-language summary said… “A particular newspaper ran an article yesterday that mentioned […]

The story CCSA criticises newspaper’s ‘hunt for Africans’ story, clarifies efforts to track travellers as seen on Thaiger News.

Read the full story

[Jason]

Fair call. It sends the wrong message. Hunt...locate

[Malc-Thai]

"The spokesperson says related authorities have been trying to reach out,"

to put them into 14 days quarantine 

[HolyCowCm]

No witch doctor hunts! Period!

[HiuMak]

license to kill

[Chatogaster]

 

24 hours later (different story and different news company) and this headline pops up: "Hunt on for Samut Prakan’s disappearing beggar children".

(It sounds like it's about a sequel to the 1993 movie Hard Target)

 

[gummy]

So Smart cars can sniff out Farangs but are unable to sniff out Africans. Well that is not very smart which indicates BMWs must be racially biased